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• hair   /heə(r)/ DJ   /her/ DJ US   /hɛr/ KK US
  • noun
    • 毛发；（尤指）头发 the substance that looks like a mass of fine threads growing especially on the head; one of these threads growing on the body of people and some animalsuncountable countable
      • 浅色头发；黑发 fair/dark hair
      • 直╱鬈╱波浪发 straight/curly/wavy hair
      • 梳头 to comb/brush your hair
      • 我马上就下来。我在梳头呢。 I'll be down in a minute. I'm doing(= brushing, arranging, etc.)my hair.spoken
      • 我今天下午要去理发。 I'm having my hair cut this afternoon.
      • 我的汤里有根毛。 There's a hair in my soup.
      • 地毯上净是猫毛。 The rug was covered with cat hairs.
      • See also:
        camel hair;   horsehair;   body
    • 有…毛发（或头发）的 having the type of hair mentioned
      • 黑发的 dark-haired
      • 长发的 long-haired
      • Alternate:
        -haired
    • （植物叶茎上的）茸毛 a thing that looks like a fine thread growing on the leaves and stems of some plantscountable
    • Idiom:
      get in somebody's hair informal
      • 烦扰某人；缠着（提问等） to annoy somebody by always being near them, asking them questions, etc.
    • Idiom:
      the hair of the dog (that bit you) informal
      • 用于解宿醉的酒 alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before
    • Idiom:
      keep your hair on British English, spoken
      • 冷静下来，别发脾气 used to tell somebody to stop shouting and become calm when they are angry
    • Idiom:
      let your hair down informal
      • 放松；轻松一下 to relax and enjoy yourself, especially in a lively way
        • 你该放松一下玩玩了！ It's about time you let your hair down and had some fun!
    • Idiom:
      make somebody's hair stand on end
      • 惊吓某人；使某人毛骨悚然 to shock or frighten somebody
        • 令人毛骨悚然的故事 a chilling tale that will make your hair stand on end
    • Idiom:
      not harm/touch a hair of somebody's head
      • 不动某人一根头发；丝毫不伤害某人 to not hurt somebody physically in any way
    • Idiom:
      not have a hair out of place
      • 人 of a person 显得非常整洁 to look extremely clean and neat
    • Idiom:
      not turn a hair
      • 面不改色；镇定自若 to show no emotion when something surprising, shocking, etc. happens
    • See also:
      hang by a hair/thread;   not see hide nor hair of somebody/something;   split hairs;   tear your hair out

English dictionary

• hair
  • Any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals
  • A similar strand growing from the epidermis of a plant, or forming part of a living cell
  • A very small quantity or extent

Related phrases

• camel hair
  1. 驼毛；驼绒；混纺驼绒（尤用于制外衣）    2. （用以制造画笔的）松鼠尾细软毛
• acquired uncombable hair
  一种病况使患者发展干燥、竖立的粗头发,而且不受梳理
• hair-raising
  使人毛发直立的；惊险的
• hair shirt
  苦衣，刚毛衬衫（过去苦修者所穿）
• hair-splitting
  过于强调微不足道的分歧；吹毛求疵
• bad hair day
  不如意的一天; 不愉快的一天
• camel's hair
  骆驼毛;驼绒毛;骆驼绒
• camel's-hair
  1. 骆驼毛制的    2. 松鼠尾之毛做的
• get in somebody's hair
  烦扰某人；缠着（提问等）
• the hair of the dog (that bit you)
  用于解宿醉的酒

Related languages

• hair is also a word in: français

Synonyms

• noun: pile, bristle

Web translations

Usage examples

• "If I could handpick a replacement of a football guy, I would cast a net and drag in Jon Gruden," Kornheiser added. "He is the two things you most want -- smart and funny -- and has the two things I don't -- good hair and a tan. I love PTI...
  May 18, 2009 -  Tony Kornheiser -  ESPN
• "He did (get it cut). I think he did," manager Ozzie Guillen said before Saturday's opener of the day-night doubleheader. "I look at Ibis' hair, my wife. I don't look at somebody else's hair. I worry about my wife's."
  Sep 4, 2010 -  Jose Guillen -  The Associated Press
• "I'm just worried about playing baseball," Ramirez said. "I'm not worried about hair or anything."
  Aug 31, 2010 -  Manny Ramirez -  MLB.com

Web definitions

• • a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
    
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• • hair's-breadth: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
    
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• • filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
    
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