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你有没有按头发的颜色,把班上的同学分一下?金发碧眼是blonde,褐色是brunette,浅黄色是towhead,红色是redhead。发型是hairdo,发针(发夹)是hairpin。中国人描写生气,气得头发把帽子顶起来,叫“怒发冲冠”(so angry that the hair stand up and tips off the hat);气得头发像指头一样立起来,叫“发指”(so angry that the hair rises)。英文中这类字眼,不是描写生气而是描写害怕,a hair-raising story或The tales of the jungle made our hair stand on end.都是写害伯,有中文“毛发悚然”的意思。没有头发叫秃子(baldhead、baldy、baldie),只脑门上秃叫as bald as a coot,有一句名言是: ! m$ O- M8 C+ K8 J- ]) l" q& _. f+ L) M
Opportunity has hair in front but is bald behind.(机会——前面有发后面秃。)3 d2 K& d4 F N+ i' R7 Z