noddles

IPA/ˈnɒd.əl/
IPA/ˈnɑː.dəl/

noddles — 名詞

  • noddlessingular
  • noddlesesplural

1. a playful British word for someone's head, especially for their brain when you a

1.名詞C2
釋義

腦袋瓜

英式口語，戲稱頭或腦袋

a playful British word for someone's head, especially for their brain when you are telling them to think

例句

Use your noddles, Jude; the spare key is taped under the flowerpot.

Jude，動動腦袋瓜，備用鑰匙貼在花盆底下。

fixed phrase: use your noddles

A foam ball bounced off Eli's noddles during the noisy classroom game.

吵鬧的課堂遊戲中，一顆泡棉球彈到 Eli 的腦袋瓜上。

playful plural noun for the head

同義詞
  • head

    the neutral everyday word with no playful tone

  • brain

    focuses more on thinking and intelligence than on the whole head

  • noggin

    another informal playful word, but more common than noddles

文法句型

use your noddles

bang your noddles

keep your noddles down

用法筆記

Mostly heard in playful British speech, often when someone is being told to think more carefully. It is much less neutral than head or brain, and it can sound old-fashioned or comic.

常見錯誤

❌The surgeon examined his noddles after the fall.
✅The surgeon examined his head after the fall.
💡noddles is joking and informal, so formal or medical contexts normally use head.