1. 表示头发或毛发的总称,是集合名词,不可数。如:
Birds have feathers, not hair. 鸟有羽毛,而没有头发。
fair/dark hair
浅色头发;黑发
straight/curly/wavy hair
直 / 鬈 / 波浪发
to comb/brush your hair
梳头
body/facial/pubic hair
体 / 脸 / 阴毛
dark-haired
黑发的
long-haired
长发的
the girl with red hair and freckles(一头红发面带雀斑的女孩)
Ill be down in a minute. Im doing (= brushing, arranging, etc.) my hair .
我马上就下来。我在梳头呢。
Im having my hair cut this afternoon.
我今天下午要去理发。
body/facial/pubic hair
体 / 脸 / 阴毛
I wash my hair every night.
我每晚都洗头。
The majority of men have hair on their chest.
大多数男子长有胸毛。
She had her hair permed.
她烫了发。
He laughed and ran his fingers through his hair
他笑了,用手指拢了拢他的头发。
Her hair wants cutting.
她该剪头发了。
I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder
我感觉到她深褐色的头发拂过我的肩。
She has long blonde hair and blue eyes.她有着长长的金发和蓝色的眼睛。
He had long hair when he was a teenager. 他十来岁时就留长发。
即使是表示部分头发,若意义泛指,仍不可数。如:
As people get older, they lose some hair. 人上了年纪就会掉头发。
但是,若表示一根或多根头发或毛发,则是个体名词,可数。如:
The police found two hairs there. 警察在那儿找到了两根头发。
Theres a hair in my soup.
我的汤里有根毛。
The rug was covered with cat hairs.
地毯上净是猫毛。
Its only a hair off a bulls back to them.
这对他们来说,不过九牛一毛。
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There were some blonde hairs in the car.车里有几根金发。
The cat has left her loose hairs all over my clothes. 猫掉的毛弄得我衣服上到处都是。
下面一句中的第一个hair表总称(不可数),第二个hair为个体名词(可数):
Her hair is black. Whenever she finds a grey hair she pulls it out. 她的头发是黑的,她只要发现有一根白发就将它拔掉。
I get some grey hairs but I pull them out.
我有几根白发,但我都拔掉了。
2. hair 与动词 have 或 wear 搭配,含义稍有不同:用 have表示有……头发,用 wear 表示留(做)……发型。如:
He has black hair.
他一头乌发。
He has golden hair. 他有一头金发。
John wears his hair very long. 约翰留着很长的头发。
3. 下面两句均含有理发之意,但含义不同。如:
I shall cut my hair. 我将理发(自己给自己理发)。
I shall have my hair cut. 我将理发(请别人给我理发)。
4. 与 beard(胡须)用法不同:一个人的胡须是 a beard,多个人的胡须是 beards,但不管是一个人还是几个人的头发却都是 hair。如:
These old men have long beards. 这些老人都有很长的胡须。
These young men wear long hair. 这些年轻人留长发。
5.几个重要短语:
get in sbs hair烦扰某人;缠着(提问等)
keep your hair on冷静下来,别发脾气
let your hair down放松;轻松一下
...the world-famous Oktoberfest, a time when everyone in Munich really lets their hair down.
全球闻名的啤酒节,一个让所有身在慕尼黑的人都尽情放松的节日
make sbs hair stand on end惊吓某人;使某人毛骨悚然
a chilling tale that will make your hair stand on end
令人毛骨悚然的故事
This was the kind of smile that made your hair stand on end.
这是那种让人不寒而栗的微笑。
not harm/touch a hair of sbs head不动某人一根头发;丝毫不伤害某人
not have a hair out of place(of a person 人) 显得非常整洁
She had a lot of make-up on and not a hair out of place.
她化了浓妆,精致得让人挑不出一丝瑕疵。
not turn a hair面不改色;镇定自若
No one seems to turn a hair at the thought of the divorced Princess marrying.
似乎没有人对离异的公主再婚感到丝毫地吃惊。
hang by a hair/thread(of a persons life 人的生命) 命悬一线;气若游丝;危在旦夕
not see hide nor hair of sb/sth(一段时间)不见某人(或某物)的踪影
I havent seen hide nor hair of her for a month.
我有一个月没见过她了。
split hairs在细节上过分纠缠
Dont split hairs. You know what Im getting at.
别钻牛角尖了。你知道我指什么。
black/blonde/brown/grey hair
黑发/金发/棕发/灰发(白发)
blond/sandy 黄头发
curly/straight/wavy hair
卷发/直发/波浪发
colour (dye)your hair染头发
do your hair做头发;梳头
fix your hair做头发
brush/comb your hair梳头发
dry your hair弄干头发
Ill be down in a minute. Im doing (= brushing, arranging, etc.) my hair .
我马上就下来。我在梳头呢。