(informal)a boring or unenterprising person (非正式)死闷罐儿,没有进取心者 ■(chiefly N. Amer.)a passenger or member of an audience with a free ticket (主 北美)免费乘客(观众)
a sunken or partially submerged log 沉没(半淹)的圆木
(Deadhead)(informal)a fan of the rock group the Grateful Dead (非正式)“感恩而死”摇滚乐队的乐迷
verb
[with obj.](chiefly Brit.)remove dead flower heads from (a plant) (主英)摘去枯花 deadhead and spray rose bushes. 摘去玫瑰的枯朵并浇水。 [as noun deadheading]there is endless deadheading to be done. 摘不完的枯花。
[no obj.](US informal)drive or travel in a train or other vehicle with no passengers or cargo (美,非正式)放空车,空载返回 they deadhead back to Denver on eastbound trains. 他们乘东去空载着的列车回到丹佛。