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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- skull [sk^l]
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noun
[c]
颅骨
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1.
noun
[c]
颅骨
Collins English-English Dictionary
- skull [sk^l]
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n
the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates - See cranium
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n
[often derogatory]
the head regarded as the mind or intelligence
- to have a dense skull
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3.
n
a picture of a skull used to represent death or danger
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n
[Etymology]
C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse skoltr, Norwegian skult, Swedish dialect skulle
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1.
n
the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates - See cranium
Examples
- the parietal bones of the skull → parietal
- to receive a crack on the skull → receive
- to have a dense skull → skull
- 花岗岩脑袋
- a granite-like skull; ossified thinking → 花岗岩
- 这块化石是古人类的头盖骨。
- This fossil is the skull of a primitive person. → 头盖
- 婴儿的囟门可不能乱碰。
- The parietal bone of a baby's skull cannot be touched. → 囟门
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