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headgear

/hed-geer/US // ˈhɛdˌgɪər //UK // (ˈhɛdˌɡɪə) //

头饰,头套,头戴式服装,头戴式

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any covering for the head, especially a hat, cap, bonnet, etc.
    • : a protective covering for the head, as a steel helmet or football helmet.
    • : the parts of a harness about the animal's head.
    • : Orthodontics Informal. a device worn on the head and attached by wires and elastic bands to braces in the mouth, used to create backward tension in the process of repositioning protruding teeth.
    • : Mining. a headframe and its machinery.

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Examples

  • The prevailing color is pink; the headgear: red bows and ears; the guests: super giddy.

  • Perry, for his part, wore no headgear that might detract from his wonderful hair.

  • British tradition dictates that the posher you are, the more eccentric the headgear.

  • Princess Eugenie's sculptural piece by Philip Treacy, Victoria Beckham's pillbox, and more over-the-top headgear from the wedding!

  • But will her designer headgear hold a feather to the famous collection of her future grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II?

  • Her knowledge of native headgear was not extensive, so this measure of extra security did not surprise her.

  • He pulled off his damaged headgear and, gazing ruefully at it exclaimed: "A blame good hat spoiled; but my head is safe."

  • The Viscayan bóina has been lately introduced into the French army as the headgear of the Chasseurs and some other regiments.

  • She had removed her damaged straw headgear, but still wore her kerchief.

  • The bride often keeps on her head a white headgear called "boshi" until the end of the first part of the ceremony.