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
Are all the terms here to your satisfaction?
这里所有的条款都令你满意吗？
Conversation makes one what he is.
言如其人。
They were expecting their sixth child and were faced with even more pressing economic problems.
第6个孩子即将问世，他们面临着更为严峻的经济问题。