Deadhead Meaning in English

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释义

As a verb, to remove dead flowers from a plant to encourage more growth; in transport, to travel without carrying passengers or cargo. As a noun, a person who does this or a flower that needs to be removed.

用法与细微差别

Most common in gardening and horticulture contexts or transport jargon. As a verb: 'to deadhead roses', as a noun: 'deadheading job'. In transport, refers to buses, trucks, or crew traveling empty between assignments. Not commonly used outside these fields.

• Spanish: quitar flores marchitas - viaje en vacío (transporte)
• Portuguese (BR): retirar flores murchas - viagem sem carga (transporte)
• Portuguese (PT): remover flores murchas - viagem em vazio (transporte)
• Chinese (Simplified): 摘除残花 - 空驶（运输）
• Chinese (Traditional): 摘除殘花 - 空駛（運輸）
• Hindi: मुरझाए फूल हटाना - खाली यात्रा (परिवहन)
• Arabic: إزالة الزهور الذابلة - رحلة فارغة (نقل)
• Bengali: মরা ফুল কাটা - খালি যানবাহনে যাতায়াত করা
• Russian: отцветшие цветы срезать - ехать без пассажиров/груза
• Japanese: 枯れた花を摘む - 空車で移動する
• Vietnamese: cắt hoa tàn - di chuyển xe rỗng
• Korean: 시든 꽃을 따다 - 빈 차량으로 이동하다
• Turkish: solmuş çiçekleri budamak - boş araçla seyahat etmek
• Urdu: مرجھائے ہوئے پھول توڑنا - خالی گاڑی میں سفر کرنا
• Indonesian: cắt hoa tàn - di chuyển xe trống

例句

Please deadhead the flowers every week to keep the plant healthy.

basic

After the concert, the crew had to deadhead back to the city.

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A gardener should deadhead old blooms to help the plant grow new ones.

basic

Do you deadhead your roses, or just leave them?

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The bus is coming in as a deadhead, so there won't be any passengers.

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I spent my Saturday morning deadheading all the tulips in the garden.

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