towhead

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow; the hair of such a person.
    — You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles.
  2. An alluvial deposit in a river, such as a sandbar, or a small island formed from silt, often permanent enough to have vegetation.
    — Well, the second night a fog begun to come on, and we made for a towhead to tie to, for it wouldn't do to try to run in a fog; but when I paddled ahead in the canoe, with the line to make fast, there warn't anything but little saplings to tie to.

词形变化

towheads plural

词汇关系

衍生词
towheaded

词源

Etymology tree
English tow
English -head
English towhead
From tow + -head.
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