keep head above water
顶天立地,抬头挺胸,抬头不见低头见,抬头
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Definitions
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- : the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- : the corresponding part of the body in other animals.
- : the head considered as the center of the intellect, as of thought, memory, understanding, or emotional control; mind; brain: She has a good head for mathematics.Keep a cool head in an emergency.
- : the position or place of leadership, greatest authority, or honor.
- : a person to whom others are subordinate, as the director of an institution or the manager of a department; leader or chief.
- : a person considered with reference to his or her mind, disposition, attributes, status, etc.: wise heads; crowned heads.
- : that part of anything that forms or is regarded as forming the top, summit, or upper end: head of a pin; head of a page.
- : the foremost part or front end of anything or a forward projecting part: head of a procession.
- : the part of a weapon, tool, etc., used for striking: the head of a hammer.
- : a person or animal considered merely as one of a number, herd, or group: ten head of cattle; a dinner at $20 a head.
- : a culminating point, usually of a critical nature; crisis or climax: to bring matters to a head.
- : the hair covering the head: to wash one's head.
- : froth or foam at the top of a liquid: the head on beer.
- : Botany. any dense flower cluster or inflorescence.any other compact part of a plant, usually at the top of the stem, as that composed of leaves in the cabbage or lettuce, of leafstalks in the celery, or of flower buds in the cauliflower.
- : the maturated part of an abscess, boil, etc.
- : a projecting point of a coast, especially when high, as a cape, headland, or promontory.
- : the obverse of a coin, as bearing a head or other principal figure.
- : one of the chief parts or points of a written or oral discourse; a main division of a subject, theme, or topic.
- : something resembling a head in form or a representation of a head, as a piece of sculpture.
- : the source of a river or stream.
- : Slang. a habitual user of a drug, especially LSD or marijuana: the feds versus the heads; an acid-head; a meth head; a pothead.a fan or devotee: a punk-rock head.
- : heads, Distilling. alcohol produced during the initial fermentation.Compare tail.
- : headline.
- : a toilet or lavatory, especially on a boat or ship.
- : Nautical. the forepart of a vessel; bow.the upper edge of a quadrilateral sail.the upper corner of a jib-headed sail.that part of the upper end of one spar of a mast that is overlapped by a spar above; a doubling at the upper end of a spar.that part of the upper end of a mast between the highest standing rigging and the truck.crown.
- : Grammar. the member of an endocentric construction that belongs to the same form class and may play the same grammatical role as the construction itself.the member upon which another depends and to which it is subordinate. In former presidents, presidents is head and former is modifier.
- : the stretched membrane covering the end of a drum or similar musical instrument.
- : Mining. a level or road driven into solid coal for proving or working a mine.
- : Machinery. any of various devices on machine tools for holding, moving, indexing, or changing tools or work, as the headstock or turret of a lathe.
- : Railroads. railhead.
- : the pressure exerted by confined fluid: a head of steam.
- : Also called pressure head .Hydraulics. the vertical distance between two points in a liquid, as water, or some other fluidthe pressure differential resulting from this separation, expressed in terms of the vertical distance between the points.the pressure of a fluid expressed in terms of the height of a column of liquid yielding an equivalent pressure.
- : Also called magnetic head. Electronics. the part or parts of a tape recorder that record, play back, or erase magnetic signals on magnetic tape.Compare erasing head, playback head, recording head.
- : Computers. read/write head.
- : Photography. a mounting for a camera, as on a tripod.the part of an enlarger that contains the light source, negative carrier, lensboard, and lens.
- : Slang: Vulgar. fellatio or cunnilingus.
- : Archaic. power, strength, or force progressively gathered or gradually attained.
- : heads up! Informal. be careful! watch out for danger!
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- : first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.
- : of, relating to, or for the head: head covering; headgear; headpiece.
- : situated at the top, front, or head of anything: headline; headboard.
- : moving or coming from a direction in front of the head or prow of a vessel: head sea; head tide; head current.
- : Slang. of or relating to drugs, drug paraphernalia, or drug users.
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- : to go at the head of or in front of; lead; precede: to head a list.
- : to outdo or excel; take the lead in or over: to head a race; to head one's competitors in a field.
- : to be the head or chief of: to head a school; to head up a department.
- : to direct the course of; turn the head or front of in a specified direction: I'll head the boat for the shore. Head me in the right direction and I'll walk to the store.
- : to go around the head of.
- : to furnish or fit with a head.
- : to take the head off; decapitate; behead.
- : to remove the upper branches of.
- : Fox Hunting. to turn aside from its intended course.
- : to get in front of in order to stop, turn aside, attack, etc.
- : headline.
- : Soccer. to propel by striking it with the head, especially with the forehead.
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- : to move forward toward a point specified; direct one's course; go in a certain direction: to head toward town.
- : to come or grow to a head; form a head: Cabbage heads quickly.
- : to have the head or source where specified.
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- : head off, to go before in order to hinder the progress of; intercept: The police headed off the fleeing driver at a railroad crossing.
Phrases
- head above water, keep one's
- head and shoulders above
- head for
- head in the clouds, have one's
- head in the sand
- head off
- head on
- head or tail
- head out
- head over heels
- heads or tails
- head start
- heads up
- heads will roll
- head up
- beat into someone's head
- beat one's head against the wall
- big head
- bite someone's head off
- bring to a head
- can't make head or tail of
- count noses (heads)
- do blindfolded (standing on one's head)
- enter one's mind (head)
- eyes in the back of one's head
- from head to toe
- get into one's head
- get one's head examined
- get through one's head
- give someone his or her head
- good head on one's shoulders
- go to one's head
- hang one's head
- hang over (one's head)
- have a head for
- have a screw loose (head screwed on right)
- hide one's head
- hide one's head in the sand
- hit the nail on the head
- hold a gun to someone's head
- hold one's head high
- in over one's head
- keep one's head
- laugh one's head off
- like a chicken with its head cut off
- lose one's head
- make one's head spin
- need like a hole in the head
- not right in the head
- off one's head
- off the top of one's head
- on one's head
- on the block (put one's head)
- over one's head
- price on one's head
- put ideas in someone's head
- put our heads together
- rear its ugly head
- rocks in one's head
- roof over one's head
- scratch one's head
- shake one's head
- soft in the head
- swelled head
- talk someone's arm (head) off
- throw oneself (at someone's head)
- touched in the head
- trouble one's head
- turn one's head
- upside the head
- use one's head
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
And, of course, before you head out, remember to wear protective gear and review safety guidelines.
Bosworth acknowledges the privacy concerns and says he wants to address them head-on.
It started in March, after a video that appeared to show a train loaded with military vehicles headed toward the Chicago area went viral.
Joe Grogan, former head of the Domestic Policy Council, said that the analyses now, more than half a year later, are “all ex post facto about where this was going to go.”
Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed’s vaccine development arm, has said there is a “very, very low chance” of a vaccine being approved by election day, and that he will resign if he feels pressure to approve an unsafe vaccine.
The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.
I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head.
“I usually see people head to the stationary bikes,” Steinbrick says.
Madame Ratignolle, more careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil about her head.
Only in the carnage of the head, the tilt of the chin, was the insolence expressed that had made her many enemies.
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
A fancy came into my head that I would entertain the king and queen with an English tune upon this instrument.