汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 當頭
當頭 (当头)
coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first / (coll.) pledge / surety
❶〈副〉正对着头;迎头:~一棒。❷〈动〉(事情)到了眼前;临头:那时国难~,全国人民同仇敌忾,奋起抗战。❸〈动〉放在首位:敢字~|不能遇事钱~。 〈口〉〈名〉向当铺借钱时所用的抵押品。
() dāng/dàng () tóu/tou
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

烈日当头,沙海无边。

Scorching sun, endless sand sea.

说危机当头绝非危言耸听。

It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.

当头一击把他打得头晕眼花。

The blow on the head dazed him.

后来仿佛当头一棍,我开始看清

Then finally it hit me when I started to see

我们中午回家时正是烈日当头

At noon the sun beated down on our heads as we walked home.

有时生活会当头给你一棒,但不要灰心。

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick.

曼彻斯特人自认为他们的城市正鸿运当头

MANCUNIANS think their city is on a roll.

明月当头照空山,心已释然万里朗。

As the moonlight brightens the empty mountain, my mind is freed.

不过,若非是鸿运当头,他也许不可能取得现在的成就。

But he might not have got far had it not been for a stroke of luck.

当头一个婴儿发出第一声大笑时,他的笑声化作千片万片;

When the first baby laughed for the first time, his laugh broke into a million pieces, and they all went skipping about.