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    A hothead is a person who acts too fast, often in anger, before they have thought. The hot is the temper, not the weather, and the head stands for the mind. People use it for someone who starts fights, sends a furious message, or makes a rash plan. It is informal and usually , though friends may say it half-joking. A hothead is not simply brave, and not simply stupid; the special fault is speed plus feeling. You will also hear the adjective hotheaded for the same idea. Though actually, older English had similar pictures — a hot heart — so the idea is old even if this exact word feels .

    急性子；衝動的人

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組成From hot + head. Compare older pictures of anger such as Middle English hot-heorte (hot-heart).

同家族的字

  • hotheadedthe adjective for the same kind of person
  • headthe second half — here it stands for the mind, not the skull

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

hotheadnoun

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    derogatoryOne who is prone to anger or who actively seeks out conflicts and confrontations.

    • The club was full of eager young hotheads who never seemed to be able to agree on anything.
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    derogatoryOne who reacts or responds rapidly without engaging in careful deliberation.

    • Someone get this hothead out of here before he does some damage.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。