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A redhead is a person whose hair is red or — often more orange or copper than the red of a fire engine.
A redheadredhead is指 a person whose hair is red or reddish頭髮是紅色或偏紅色的人——often more orange or copper than the red of a fire engine通常比消防車的紅色更偏橘色或銅色
The word is informal and usually friendly. You can say someone is a redhead or that they have red hair; both are ordinary. Though actually, very few people have hair that is truly bright red, and we still call them redheads.
The word is informal這個字很口語 and usually friendly通常帶著友善的語氣。You can say你可以說 someone is a redhead某人是 a redhead or that they have red hair也可以說他們 have red hair; both are ordinary兩種說法都很普通。Though actually不過其實 very few people have hair that is truly bright red很少人的頭髮是真正鮮紅色的, and we still call them redheads我們還是照樣叫他們 redheads。
Some like the word; a few do not, because jokes about red hair have been around a long time. British English also uses ginger for the same idea, which can sound sharper, depending on the voice.
Some like the word有些人喜歡這個字; a few do not也有些人不喜歡, because jokes about red hair have been around a long time因為拿紅頭髮開玩笑已經流傳很久了。British English also uses英式英文也會用 ginger for the same ideaginger 表達同樣的意思, which can sound sharper聽起來可能更尖銳, depending on the voice要看語氣而定。
There is also a North American duck called a redhead, but the everyday meaning is the person.
There is also另外 a North American duck called a redhead北美也有一種鴨子叫 redhead, but the everyday meaning is the person不過日常生活裡的意思是指人。
組成A compound of red + head: you name the person by a red head, meaning red hair.
原始詞典資料11 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。
Redheadname
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A surname.
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A coastal suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
redheadnoun/ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/
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A person with red hair.
- I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.
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A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
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A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
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Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
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Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
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Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
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Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
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informalRed-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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broadcastingentertainmentfilmA kind of 800-watt lamp.
- Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.
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。