headless
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++head·less /ˈhedləs/ adjective 1 HBMwithout a head 无头的 a headless corpse 一具无头尸体2. run around like a headless chicken informal to be going from one place to another in a way that is not organized at all 糊里糊涂地乱跑Examples from the Corpus
headless• Reminds me of that headless bride back behind Sweet Home.• Strandli was a headless chicken but went close once.• The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.• The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle, the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here.• Then he released the headless cockerel.• The lead broke off neatly, leaving a kind of headless cone, a wooden volcano.• Excavators found headless Goddess figurines, squatting in birth postures.• Below her a gigantic cat head also dozes, while a furtive, headless male figure hurries off to the left.head·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
without a Corpus head
headless
head‧less /ˈhedləs/
adjective
a headless corpse
2. run around like a headless chicken informal to be going from one place to another in a way that is not organized at all
head‧less /ˈhedləs/
adjective Word Family: noun: head, heading, overhead, header, headship; adjective: overhead, heady, headless, headed; verb: head, behead; adverb: overhead
1. without a head: 2. run around like a headless chicken informal to be going from one place to another in a way that is not organized at all
