- 1/skʌl/頭骨
The skull is the hard, bony structure of your head that protects your brain.
示範例句 · Example
The brain sits inside the skull, where it is safe.
逐字腦坐在頭骨裡面，在那裡它是安全的。
常見搭配
fracture your skull
頭骨骨折
to break the bone of your head
He fell and fractured his skull, so he stayed in hospital for a week.
the shape of the skull
頭骨的形狀
the form of the head bones, used to identify a species
The shape of the skull tells us it was a plant eater.
a human skull
人類頭骨
the head bones of a person
The class studied a model of a human skull.
inside the skull
在頭骨內部
in the space where the brain is
There is very little spare space inside the skull.
意思相近
craniumskull bone
core核心畫面
組成Honestly, nobody is fully sure where this old word came from — even word historians call its origin a bit of a mystery.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
skullnoun詞源 1/ˈskʌl/
- 1
anatomymedicinesciencesThe main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
- All the time six or eight large Chinese gongs were being beaten by the vigorous arms of as many young men, producing such a deafening discord that I was glad to escape to the round house, where I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head.
- He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a whole skull—perhaps a cow's skull, a skull, perhaps, with the teeth in it. Sobbing, but absent-mindedly, he ran farther and farther away until he held the skull in his arms.
- 2
These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
- Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.
- 3
The mind or brain.
- My thoughts are flying around in my skull like fireflies in a jar, but all of a sudden I'm unbearably tired and can't stay awake.
- 4
A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
- 5
The crown of the headpiece in armour.
- 6
A shallow bow-handled basket.
- 7
obsoleteslangThe head or master of a college.
- Graduates […] will never forget that majestic stature, that massive brow, that commanding look, as its possessor paced the ante-chapel of his college, or took his seat of presidence among the skulls of Golgotha.
skullverb詞源 1/ˈskʌl/
- 1
To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
- 2
golfhobbieslifestyleTo strike the top of (the ball).
- Monte swung so hard at the next ball that he skulled it straight right, into the pond: 8 in, 9 out.
- 3
To drink everything that remains in a glass by upending it.
- She nearly skulled the next drink and, despite feeling a little woozy, she felt a lot better.
- That was at Jessica Eyre's sixteenth, and while nothing terrible had happened (I had skulled four Lemon Ruskis and fallen asleep in the garden), it was agreed by all that I had embarrassed myself.
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