short-head

基本解釋

The mare was beaten for a place by a short head.
那匹母馬以不到一頭之差屈居第二名。
A long tongue betoken a short head.
智短愛饒舌。
I got 96 per cent, he got 94, so I beat him by a short head.
我得96分; 他得94分; 我僅超過他一點.
The two candidates were well matched,but Jones had slightly more experience and got the job by a short head.
兩位申請者勢均力敵，不過瓊斯的經(jīng)驗略為豐富些，結(jié)果以微弱的優(yōu)勢贏得了這份工作。
The favourite won by a short head(= a distance slightly less than the length of a horse's head).
最看好的那匹馬以不足一馬頭之差的優(yōu)勢獲勝。