Word · Frequency #209
head
朝…方向去；前往
to move in a specified direction
- 1.
To be in command of. (See also head up.)
指挥,负责(另见head up)
- 2.
To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
处于...的开头或前端；开始
- 3.
To strike with the head
用头撞击
- 4.
To move in a specified direction.
朝特定方向移动
- 5.
To remove the head from (a fish).
去掉(鱼)的头
- 6.
To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
发源；发端；河流行经
- 7.
To form a head.
形成头部或顶端
- 8.
To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
形成头部；给...装上头
- 9.
To cut off the top of; to lop off.
砍掉顶部；剪除
- 10.
To go in front of.
走在...前面
- 11.
To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
挡在...前面以阻碍或阻止；反对
- 12.
To check or restrain.
制止；约束
- 13.
To set on the head.
使...倒立
领导；主管；率领；位于…前头；走在…前面；用头顶（球）；去掉…的头/顶部；截去…的顶部；发源；源于
In use
She heads the marketing team and oversees all campaigns.
After the meeting, we headed north along the highway.
The president heads the committee that makes final decisions.
head + direction adverb
方向副词可以是 home, back, east, west 等，表示朝某方向移动。
We should head north.
我们应该向北走。
head for/toward + noun phrase
for 后接目的地，toward 后接方向；也可用 be headed for 表示目前的方向。
The ship headed for the port.
船驶向港口。
head + noun phrase
表示担任主管或领导；口语中也可说 head up，如 She heads up a large company.
She heads a large company.
Connections
Collocations
- head up
- 领导；主管
- She heads up the marketing team.她主管市场团队。
- head for
- 朝……去；前往
- They headed for the beach early in the morning.他们一大早就朝海滩出发了。
- head off
- 防止；阻止
- The manager acted quickly to head off a crisis.经理迅速采取行动以阻止危机。
- head back
- 返回；掉头回去
- It's getting dark, so we decided to head back home.天快黑了，所以我们决定返回家。
- head the ball
- 用头顶球
- He headed the ball into the back of the net.他用头把球顶进了网窝。
- head the list
- 名列前茅；位列榜首
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：领头的人用‘头’(head)走在最前，既指挥方向，又带队前行。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：travel directions、daily plans head 作动词表示“朝…方向去”时，属于中性常用表达，通常用于日常对话和书面叙述，多用在说明移动方向或目的地。
Grammar Note
常与for, toward连用表示方向
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 head /hɛd/ 押韵：bread、dead、dread、thread、lead（铅）、read（过去式）均读 /ɛd/。注意：lead 作动词时读 /liːd/，read 作原形时读 /riːd/，拼写相同但发音不同，不要与 head 的读音混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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