loggerhead
/law-ger-hed, log-er-/US // ˈlɔ gərˌhɛd, ˈlɒg ər- //UK // (ˈlɒɡəˌhɛd) //
獐头鼠目,木头人,蠵龟,蠵龟头
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- : loggerhead turtle.
- : loggerhead shrike.
- : a ball or bulb of iron with a long handle, used, after being heated, to melt tar, heat liquids, etc.
- : a rounded post, in the stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is passed.
- : a circular inkwell having a broad, flat base.
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Examples
The loggerhead lays three sets of eggs, each averaging one hundred and seventy.
It is not easy, even at a slight distance, to distinguish the loggerhead from the Northern shrike.
Marry, that you are an ass and a loggerhead, to seek Master Pisaro's house here.
A pleasant smell arose from it; he waited till it foamed up, and then drew the loggerhead out.
He soon had his charger in fair control, but the science of riding a big loggerhead turtle isn't picked up in a minute.
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