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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Forelock \Fore"lock`\, n.
1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.
2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to
prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the
cap-square of a gun.
{Forelock bolt}, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter
passing through a slot.
{Forelock hook} (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a
bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. --Knight.
{To take} {time, or occasion}, {by the forelock}, to make
prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity.
Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind,
signifying thereby that we must take time by the
forelock; for when it is once past, there is no
recalling it. --Swift.
On occasion's forelock watchful wait. --Milton.
资料来源 : WordNet®
forelock
n 1: a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
2: a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
[syn: {foretop}]