hair
gb/hˈɛɹ/ us/hˈɛɹ/
A1
อังกฤษ
~ 700
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A1
entity
1
Strands growing from skin
Thin threads that grow from the skin of people or animals, especially on the head.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone]'s hair
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'hair' (uncountable when referring to all the hair on the head) with 'hairs' (countable, meaning individual strands).
คำพ้องความหมาย
fur (Used for the thick body hair of many animals.)
|
locks (A more literary or poetic term, usually for human head hair.)
คำตรงข้าม
baldness (The state of having no hair on the head.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
brush hair
|wash hair
|long hair
|short hair
|curly hair
|lose hair
หัวข้อ
daily life
|appearance
|biology
|body
|animals
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Her hair is long and straight.
- He cut his hair very short for the summer.
- The cat’s hair was soft and fluffy.
- She dyed her hair bright red.
- After the illness, he started losing his hair.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- My hair is black.
- She has short hair.
- I wash my hair every day.
- His hair is curly.
- The baby has no hair.
คำนาม
B2
quantity
2
Very tiny amount or margin
A very, very small amount or space.
รูปแบบการใช้:
by a hair
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may not realize this meaning is figurative and not about actual hair.
คำพ้องความหมาย
fraction (Focuses on a small part of something, often in math or measurement.)
คำตรงข้าม
mile (Used figuratively to mean a very large distance or difference.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
by a hair
|a hair's breadth
หัวข้อ
measurement
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- He won the race by a hair.
- The car missed the wall by a hair's breadth.
- We escaped disaster by a hair.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I was late by a hair.
- She won by a hair.
- He missed the ball by a hair.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
hair
IPA
GB/hˈɛɹ/
US/hˈɛɹ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
hair (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (hair)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: hair
- Plural: hair, hairs
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
hairs
noun
Core family
hairy
adjective A2
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
hairless
adjective
Advanced or less common
hairiness
noun
hairline
noun
วลีและสำนวน
get in someone's hair
1/ɡˈɛt ˈɪn sˈʌmwˌʌnz hˈɛɹ/
idiom
informal
Annoy or bother someone
To keep bothering or annoying someone.
ตัวอย่าง
- The kids are getting in my hair today.
- He's been in my hair all week about that project.
let your hair down
1/lˈɛt jˈʊɹ hˈɛɹ dˈaʊn/
idiom
informal
Relax and have fun
To relax and enjoy yourself without worrying about what people think.
ตัวอย่าง
- It's Friday night—time to let your hair down!
- She really let her hair down at the party.
make one's hair stand on end
1/mˈeɪk wˈʌnz hˈɛɹ stˈænd ˈɔn ˈɛnd/
idiom
Cause fear or excitement
To make someone feel very scared or excited.
ตัวอย่าง
- The horror movie made my hair stand on end.
- His story about the accident made her hair stand on end.
not a hair out of place
1/nˈɑt ə hˈɛɹ ˈaʊt əv plˈeɪs/
idiom
Perfectly neat and tidy appearance
Looking perfectly neat and tidy.
ตัวอย่าง
- He walked in with not a hair out of place.
- Even after the long flight, she had not a hair out of place.
split hairs
1/splˈɪt hˈɛɹz/
idiom
Focus on tiny differences
To argue about very small differences that are not important.
ตัวอย่าง
- Stop splitting hairs and focus on the main issue.
- Stop splitting hairs and focus on the main point.
- We don't have time to split hairs over wording.
- They spent hours splitting hairs over the wording of the contract.