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词汇 widow's peak
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Definition of widow's peak in English:

widow's peak

noun
  • A V-shaped growth of hair towards the centre of the forehead.

    (尤指从前额开始往后脱发的男子的)额前"V"形发尖

    a judge with a grey thatch combed back from a diving widow's peak
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a handsome, elegant-looking man with dark hair that formed a widow's peak and a thin moustache.
    • I've a steadily increasing widow's peak and I wear my hair exceeding short.
    • She had a high forehead and a widow's peak where her hair started out dark, then gradually lightened.
    • Beneath the widow's peak of dyed blond hair, his face, as faces do, is beginning to pucker and billow.
    • He has a pronounced widow's peak and the hair on his knuckles crawls over his wedding band.

Origin

Mid 19th century: so called because it was formerly believed to be a predictor of widowhood for a woman.

Definition of widow's peak in US English:

widow's peak

noun
  • A V-shaped growth of hair toward the center of the forehead.

    (尤指从前额开始往后脱发的男子的)额前"V"形发尖

    a judge with a gray thatch combed back from a diving widow's peak
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a handsome, elegant-looking man with dark hair that formed a widow's peak and a thin moustache.
    • Beneath the widow's peak of dyed blond hair, his face, as faces do, is beginning to pucker and billow.
    • I've a steadily increasing widow's peak and I wear my hair exceeding short.
    • She had a high forehead and a widow's peak where her hair started out dark, then gradually lightened.
    • He has a pronounced widow's peak and the hair on his knuckles crawls over his wedding band.

Origin

Mid 19th century: so called because it was formerly believed to be a predictor of widowhood for a woman.

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