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名詞

head cold (複数形 head colds)

1. A common cold (illness).
   • 1874, Sabine Baring-Gould, Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events, page 54:

     Wroe would put a pillow in the oven, lay his head on it, and let the oven be heated as hot as he could bear it, to drive away a head cold.

   • 1880, Emily Elizabeth Parsons, Memoir of Emily Elizabeth Parsons, page 50:

     I am well except a head cold.

   • 1971, Nicholas B. Zinkowski, Commercial Oil-field Diving, page 22:

     It is unwise to dive with a head cold.

   • 2005, David Hoyle, ISO 9000 Quality Systems Handbook, page 608:

     A medical analogy: You have a head cold so you go to the doctor for advice.

同意語

• pose (古風な用法)

参考

• chest cold