He plucked a hair from his arm. There are dog hairs all over my coat. The hair on her arms is blond. He has a lot of hair on his chest. He got his hair cut last week. He has a thick head of hair. a balding man who is losing his hair He won the race by a hair. He was a hair off on the count. See More
Recent Examples on the WebPolko went to Instagram to celebrate Dixie hair transformation. Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022 The two-day event offered free haircuts and hair styling for hundreds of students from the Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Ohio before their first day of school, as well as essential back-to-school supplies. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 That first year, we were introduced to a 20-year-old Texas girl with thick hair highlights, powerful voice, and the epitome of peak 2000s fashion. Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 9 Sep. 2022 Their collection includes three bio-specific hair growth products for women and men, each formulated to address the specific internal imbalances that can lead to thinning later in life. Anna Tingley, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022 Apart from Michelle Obama sporting box braids– the official ‘Black girl on vacation’ hair style– here are the other best moments from the portrait ceremony celebrating the country’s first Black presidential couple. Malaika Jabali, Essence, 8 Sep. 2022 From the old Hollywood glamour and drama of Christian Siriano's runway to the ethereal, sweeping hair trends seen at Harlem Fashion Row, beauty professionals truly brought it this season. Allure Staff, Allure, 8 Sep. 2022 In a similar stunt, the royal dresser pretended to have dyed her hair purple using a hairpiece on an official visit to Thailand. Rory Satran, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Maisfehlt said hormones, hair removal and facial feminization surgery can also make transgender women like her feel safer. Kate Farrish, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English hǣr; akin to Old High German hār hair
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of hair was before the 12th century
ADJECTIVE | ... OF HAIR | VERB + HAIR | HAIR + VERB | HAIR + NOUNADJECTIVE➤auburn, black, blond, brown, chestnut, dark, fair, ginger, golden, grey/gray, grizzled, jet-black, light, raven (literary) , red, sandy, silver, silvery, white, yellow褐色/黑色/金色/棕色/栗色/深色/淺色/薑黃色/金色/灰白色/斑白的/烏黑的/淡色/烏亮的/紅色/沙褐色/銀色/白色/黃色頭髮▸➤bushy, coarse, curly, fine, flyaway, frizzy, kinky, nappy, shaggy, spiky, straight, thick, wavy, wiry, wispy濃密的/毛糙的/捲曲的/細細的/飄逸的/帶捲兒的/糾結的/很密的/蓬亂的/凌亂的/筆直的/密密的/波狀的/硬直的/梳成一縷縷的頭髮▸➤beautiful, glossy, shiny, silky, sleek漂亮的/有光澤的/油光發亮的/絲一般的/光滑的頭髮▸➤dishevelled/disheveled, dry, dull, fuzzy, greasy, matted, messy, scruffy, tangled, tousled, unkempt, unruly, untidy, windswept蓬亂的/乾枯的/無光澤的/蓬鬆的/油乎乎的/纏結的/散亂的/髒兮兮的/打結的/亂糟糟的/亂蓬蓬的/不易梳理的/凌亂的/被風吹亂的頭髮◇a new shampoo for dull or dry hair適合暗啞乾燥髮質的新洗髮劑◇His hair was tousled and he looked as if he'd just woken up.他頭髮蓬亂,一副剛睡醒的樣子。➤cropped, long, short, shoulder-length, waist-length平頭;長髮;短髮;齊肩長髮;齊腰長髮◇She had shoulder-length black hair.她一頭齊肩黑髮。➤stray散亂的頭髮◇She pushed a stray hair behind her ear.她將一縷散亂的頭髮攏到耳後。➤thinning變稀疏的頭髮◇He ran both hands through his thinning hair.他雙手梳理了一下日益稀疏的頭髮。➤body, chest, facial, pubic體毛;胸毛;面部毛髮;陰毛▸➤cat, dog, etc.貓毛、狗毛等◇The rug was covered with cat hairs.小地毯上滿是貓毛。... OF HAIR➤lock, wisp一縷頭髮;一綹毛髮VERB + HAIR➤have長着⋯頭髮◇She had beautiful auburn hair.她長着一頭漂亮的紅褐色頭髮。➤lose掉頭髮◇He had turned forty and was beginning to lose his hair.他年過 40,已經開始脫髮了。➤wear留髮◇She wore her long hair loose on her shoulders.她留有一頭披散的齊肩長髮。➤arrange, do, fix, tidy (especially BrE) 做髮型;弄頭髮◇I don't like the way she's arranged her hair, do you?我不喜歡她的髮型,你呢 ?◇I'll be down in a minute, I'm just doing my hair.我正在弄頭髮,一會兒就下去。◇She showered, fixed her hair, and applied make up.她沖了淋浴,整了頭髮,又上了妝。➤braid, plait, put up, tie back梳辮子;盤髮;把頭髮紮在腦後◇Why don't you put your hair up for this evening?你為什麼不把頭髮盤起來參加這個晚會?➤brush, comb梳頭▸➤shampoo, wash用洗髮劑洗頭;洗頭▸➤cut, trim剪髮;修剪頭髮◇He went to the barber's to have his hair cut.他去理髮店剪髮去了。➤blow-dry, dry把頭髮吹乾/弄乾➤style做髮型◇They had styled my hair by blowing it out straight.他們給我做了髮型,吹得直直的。➤curl, gel, perm, relax, straighten捲頭髮;上髮膠;燙髮;鬆開頭髮;拉直頭髮◇I've decided to have my hair permed.我決定去燙頭髮。➤bleach, colour/color, dye漂白頭髮;給頭髮上色;染髮▸➤grow蓄頭髮◇I'm trying to grow my hair.我正在留頭髮。➤shave剃頭◇His hair was shaved close to his head.他的頭髮被剃到緊貼頭皮。➤mess up, muss, ruffle把頭髮弄得亂七八糟/弄得一團糟/弄亂➤smooth, stroke理順/輕撫頭髮◇Kyle reached out to stroke her hair.凱爾伸出手撫摸她的頭髮。➤flick, toss輕拂頭髮;甩開頭髮◇She tossed her long hair out of her eyes.她一甩長髮,亮出眼睛。HAIR + VERB➤grow頭髮生長◇Why don't you let your hair grow?你為什麼不讓頭髮長長呢?➤curl頭髮捲曲◇His hair curls naturally.他的頭髮是自然捲。➤fall, flow, hang, lie, tumble頭髮垂下◇Her blond hair fell over her eyes.她的金髮遮住了眼睛。➤gleam, glint, glisten, shine頭髮發亮HAIR + NOUN➤loss脫髮◇how to cope with hair loss如何解決脫髮問題➤salon, stylist髮廊;美髮師➤colour/color髮色➤accessory髮飾◇Her only hair accessory was a headband.她唯一的髮飾就是一條束髮帶。➤extension接髮◇a stylist specializing in hair extensions專門從事接髮的美髮師➤removal脫毛◇waxing, and the other hair removal methods available for men打蠟等適合男士的脫毛方法