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headdress

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ldoce_150_ahead·dress /ˈhed-dres/ noun [countable]  DCCsomething that someone wears on their head, especially for decoration on a special occasion 头饰 The bride wore white with a pearl headdress. 新娘一身白衣,头戴珍珠头饰。5  See picture of HEADDRESS 头饰4  See picture of 见图 headdress
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headdressLoops of wire pressed octagons into her face, just below the hairline, imprinting a headdress of chains.Pipe a headdress around the top of the head.She had dark-brown hair, parted in the middle, and wore a headdress of yellow felt.Clothing included linen shirts, decorated caftans, aprons, stockings, and headdresses of felt and leather.Too fat for the Breton headdress.She was the Amazon, with a crimson headdress, eyeing the miniature man she held between thumb and forefinger.a feathered headdressHe wore a red-and-gold headdress, and a white tunic trimmed with the same colours.
head·dress nounChineseSyllable
wears head, especially their on that someone something Corpus for


headdress
headdress /ˈhed-dres/ noun [countable]
something that someone wears on their head, especially for decoration on a special occasion:
    The bride wore white with a pearl headdress.


head·dressBrE /ˈheddres/ 🔊NAmE /ˈheddres/ 🔊 nouna covering worn on the head on special occasions (特殊场合戴的)头巾,头饰