| 释义 |
hair
noun- courage US, 1959
- — J. R. Friss, A Dictionary of Teenage Slang (Mt. Diablo High), 1964
- — John M. Kelly, Surf and Sea, p. 286, 1965
- — American Speech, p. 194, October 1965: “Notes on campus vocabulary, 1964”
- You never would have worked up the hair to hit on her, but she came right up and started talking to you. — Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, p. 69, 1984
- in computing, intricacy US
- — Guy L. Steele, Coevolution Quarterly, p. 31, Spring 1981: ‘Computer Slang’
- — Guy L. Steele et al., The Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 80, 1983
▶ get in your hair
to annoy or irritate US- I’m gonna wash that man right out of my hair. — Oscar Hammerstein II, South Pacific, 1949
- [T]wo years having the time of your life and not getting in people’s hair. — Graeme Kent, The Queen’s Corporal [Six Granada Plays], p. 85, 1959
▶ let down your hair
to behave in a (more than usually) uninhibited manner US, 1933- [T]his is the school’s once-a-year chance to let its hair down but we don’t want anyone letting their hair down too much, do we now? Controlled fun is what we’re about. — The Guardian, 7 December 2003
▶ put hair on your chest; put hairs on your chest
a quality ascribed to an alcoholic drink or, when encouraging a child to eat, used of food (especially crusts and brussel sprouts); also applied more broadly to robust or challenging questions of aesthetic taste or preference UK, 1964- It’s good to push him a little bit, and besides, getting up at five o’clock’ll put hair on your chest. — Lloyd Garver, “The Route of All Evil” (Home Improvement episode 87), January 1995
- It’s a rip roaring punk song which does nothing but puts hair on your chest and fire in your head. — www.bbc.co.uk/manchester, 5 February 2003
- Mike returned, carrying two brimming pints of bitter – girls didn’t bother with halves, I noticed, watching Max drain her froth-scummed glass – and plonked one down in front of me. “This’ll put hairs on your chest.” I sipped it, even though I didn’t like the stuff[.] — Kate Lock, Dangerous Love, 2005
▶ tear your hair; tear your hair out
to behave in a highly agitated manner, especially as a result of worry UK, 1606- Now he [Tony Blair] is said by those round him to be “tearing his hair” out at the lack of impact his party has had on the SNP over the past year. — The Guardian, 7 April 1999
▶ wear your hair out against the head of the bed; wear your hair out on the bedhead
to go bald UK, 1961
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