bury one's head in the sand

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist. idiomatic
    — Now this doubtness is an unhappy state of affairs to the lover of the steam locomotive, but we cannot, like the proverbial ostrich, bury our heads in the sand and refuse to face facts.

词形变化

buries one's head in the sand present,singular,third-person burying one's head in the sand participle,present buried one's head in the sand participle,past buried one's head in the sand past

词源

A reference to the imagined habit of the ostrich burying its head when threatened. See also head in the sand.
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