額前的那一撮毛
這一家就是核心畫面本身，只是長在不同的頭上。
noun · C1
A piece of hair that hangs down over a person's forehead, at the front of the head.
額前垂髮
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 額前垂髮 · 栓銷；固定楔
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forelock
n核心畫面
One way to hold this word: hair at the very front of a head, hanging down over the forehead. Not the whole head of hair — just the piece above the eyes, the piece that falls forward and has to be pushed back. Because it sits at the front, it is the part of the hair that faces whoever you are standing in front of, and the part you can reach with your own hand without thinking. Everything this word does on a person, on a horse, and in the old expression grows from that one small patch of hair at the front.
可以想成頭部最前面的那一撮頭髮，垂在額頭上。不是整頭的頭髮，就只有眼睛上方那一綹。它會往前掉下來，所以常常要伸手撥開…更多收起
可以想成頭部最前面的那一撮頭髮，垂在額頭上。不是整頭的頭髮，就只有眼睛上方那一綹。它會往前掉下來，所以常常要伸手撥開。因為長在最前面，它正好是面對別人時最先被看到的那一塊，也是自己的手不用想就摸得到的那一塊。這個字用在人身上、用在馬身上、用在那句老話裡，都可以看成從這一小撮前額的毛長出來的。From the word’s history
The source gives Old English forelocc, that is fore- (front) plus lock (a piece of hair), which points straight at the picture: the lock of hair at the front.
來源資料寫的是古英語 forelocc，由 fore-（前面）加 lock（一綹頭髮）組成。這正好就是畫面本身：前面的那一綹。
Wiktionary entry for forelock, etymology 1 (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:711190030): 'From Middle English *forelock, *forelok, from Old English forelocc, equivalent to fore- + lock.'
Two branches
拉一下額前頭髮的姿態
從「那一撮毛」走到「拿它做出來的動作」：意思已經不在毛上，而在動作透露的高低關係。
noun · C2
To behave far too humbly towards someone in a position of power, as though you were below them. The speaker uses this expression to show they think that much respect is not deserved. It belongs mainly to British English.
卑躬屈膝
A second word, same spelling
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forelock
n核心畫面
A different word that happens to be spelled the same. One way to hold it: a bolt has been pushed through two pieces of metal, and a small flat wedge is knocked through a hole at its far end. Nothing is being squeezed tight. The wedge simply stands in the way, so the bolt cannot slide back out. It is a door-bar for a bolt, sitting across the front end of it.
這是另一個剛好長得一樣的字。可以想成一根螺栓穿過兩塊金屬，然後有人在螺栓的另一端打進一片扁扁的小楔子。沒有任何東西被…更多收起
這是另一個剛好長得一樣的字。可以想成一根螺栓穿過兩塊金屬，然後有人在螺栓的另一端打進一片扁扁的小楔子。沒有任何東西被夾緊。那片楔子只是擋在那裡，讓螺栓退不回去。它比較像螺栓前端的一道小門閂，而不是一綹頭髮。From the word’s history
The source lists this under a separate etymology, from Middle English forelok, fore- plus lock. One way to read it is that lock here is the fastening kind rather than a piece of hair, and fore- is where it sits: across the front end of the bolt.
來源資料把它放在另一個獨立的詞源底下，來自中古英語 forelok，由 fore- 加 lock 組成。一種讀法是：這裡的 lock 指「扣住」，不是一綹頭髮；fore- 指的是位置——扣在螺栓的前端。
Wiktionary entry for forelock, etymology 2 (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:711202912 and :711204688): 'From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock.'