- 1沒大腦的人、腦袋空空的人(非正式,帶罵人意味)
In everyday talk, an airhead is someone who behaves in a stupid, empty way — as if there were air in their head instead of a brain. It is informal and : you say it to laugh at a person, or to complain that they do not think. It often describes someone who seems vague, silly, or not paying attention, not someone who has made one careful mistake.
In everyday talk在日常對話裡, an airhead airhead is someone就是形容一個人 who behaves in a stupid, empty way表現得笨笨空空的 — as if there were air in their head就好像他們頭裡裝的是空氣 instead of a brain而不是腦子. It它 is informal and unkind是非正式又不客氣的: you你 say it說這個字 to laugh at a person是為了取笑一個人, or to complain或抱怨 that they do not think他們不用腦. It它 often describes常常形容 someone有人 who seems vague, silly, or not paying attention看起來恍神、傻氣或不專心, not someone而不是形容有人 who has made one careful mistake犯了一個不小心的錯誤.
It has long been used more at young women than at men, which is messy and unfair; some people still use it that way, and some people now use it of anyone. Do not use it of a .
It它 has long been used more at young women很久以來比較常用在年輕女性身上 than at men而不是男性, which is messy and unfair這是不公平又混亂的; some people有些人 still use it that way還是這樣用, and some people而有些人 now use it of anyone現在對誰都這樣用. Do not use it不要用這個字 of a classmate去形容同學.
Though actually, the same spelling is also a rare military word for a piece of enemy land seized so planes can land there, built like beachhead. That is a different meaning; the one you are learning here is the rude, informal one.
Though actually不過其實, the same spelling同樣的拼法 is also也是 a rare military word一個罕見的軍事用語 for a piece of enemy land指被佔領的一塊敵方土地 seized so planes can land there好讓飛機可以降落, built like beachhead跟beachhead的構詞方式一樣. That那 is a different meaning是不同的意思; the one你在這裡學的 you are learning here is the rude, informal one是那個粗魯、非正式的意思.
core核心畫面
組成From air + head, in the sense of a head filled with air instead of a brain; compare empty-headed. (The military sense, an area seized for planes, is a different build of the same two pieces, by analogy with beachhead — not this meaning.)
同家族的字
- empty-headedthe same picture: a head with nothing useful in it
- headthe ‘mind’ half of the insult
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
airheadnoun詞源 1/ˈɛə̯hɛd/
- 1
governmentmilitarypoliticsAn area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
- The only difference between an airhead and a beachhead is that an airhead covers 360 degrees whereas a beachhead usually covers 180 degrees. An airhead is two beachheads back to back with the reinforcements and resupply coming by air instead of by sea. [...] [T]o handle their mountainous proportions there must be in the airhead a sufficient number of trained and equipped airhead service troops.
- In another war airheads will be more important than beachheads. Neither one will work unless we can keep it adequately supplied. The successful combat air force will require a huge transport fleet for air lift.
- 2
A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
airheadnoun詞源 2/ˈɛə̯hɛd/
- 1
derogatoryinformalA foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
- Sometimes people tell you directly that you aren't very smart, but most of the time they ignore your attempts to display your intelligence, or they kid you about being a "space case" or an "airhead." After a while you are bound to see yourself as not very intelligent, particularly if the people who have been sending you those messages about yourself are important to you.
- Yeah. Well, Tammi is a bit of an airhead, I guess, but I feel sorry for her.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
- air-head
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。