skull: [13] The Old English word for ‘skull’ was hēafodpanne, literally ‘head-pan’. It has never been firmly established where its Middle English replacement skull came from, but is seems more than likely that it was borrowed from a Scandinavian language (Swedish and Norwegian have skalle ‘skull’).
skull (n.)
"bony framework of the head," c. 1200, probably from Old Norse skalli "a bald head, skull," a general Scandinavian word (compare Swedish skulle, Norwegian skult), probably related to Old English scealu "husk" (see shell (n.)). But early prominence in southwestern texts suggests rather origin from a Dutch or Low German cognate (such as Dutch schol "turf, piece of ice," but the sense of "head bone framework" is wanting). Derivation from Old French escuelle seems unlikely on grounds of sound and sense. Old English words for skull include heafod-bolla.
雙語例句
1. He has received extensive corrective surgery to his skull.
他的頭骨做過大面積的矯形手術(shù)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The patient's brain activity is monitored via electrodes taped to the skull.
病人的大腦活動通過固定在其頭骨上的電極進(jìn)行監(jiān)控。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He had already clipped his hair close to the skull.
他已經(jīng)把頭發(fā)剪得貼頭皮了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Her husband was later treated for a fractured skull.