Figure-head
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📖 牛津释义
figure-head
n
1 (esp formerly) large wooden carving, usu representing a human figure, placed at the prow of a ship （尤指旧时的）船首饰像, 破浪神的雕像. =>illus 见插图.
2 (fig 比喻) person in a high position but without any real authority 有名无实的首脑人物; 傀儡.
🧩 词语组成解析
figure
['fɪɡjɚ]
n. 数字;算术;人物;身材;
vi. 计算;出现;扮演角色;
vt. 计算在内;估计;推测;认为;
fig做，塑造，虚构+ure名词后缀，状态 →做出的状态→形象，人物
head
[hed]
n. 上端;头脑;头部;首脑，首长;
vt. 用头顶;前进;作为…的首领;站在…的前头;
vi. 朝…行进;出发;向…方向移动;船驶往;
adj. 头的;在前头的;首要的;在顶端的;
🗣️ 情景例句
Would you please try to keep quiet at this hour?
这么晚了，你能不能尽量保持安静。
No matter what he does, don't show you mind.
不管他做什么，你总不要表现你介意。
The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly unscientific methods!
蚂蚁已很快找到了相应的对策，来对付我那套完全不科学的办法！