scalp
英/sk?lp/美/sk?lp/
n. 頭皮;戰(zhàn)利品
vt. 剝頭皮
詞源
scalp頭頂,頭皮,剝下頭皮,倒票門票
專家來自古諾斯語 skalli,禿頭,來自 PIEgovskel,砍,切,詞源同 scale,shell.引申詞義頭頂,頭 皮,古代戰(zhàn)爭中剝下敵人頭皮作為戰(zhàn)利品,并引申俚語詞義倒賣門票,黃牛。
He paused, feeling his scalp prickling under his hat.
他暫停下來,覺著帽子下面得頭皮刺癢難耐。
prickling
/?pr?kl??/
n. 針刺痛;針扎似得痛
v. 刺;扎;刺痛(prickle 得 ing 形式)
prickle
英/?pr?k(?)l/美/?pr?k(?)l/
n. 刺;刺痛;植物得皮刺;針刺般得感覺
vt. 針一般地刺;戳;使感到刺痛
vi. 引起刺痛;感到刺痛
His hair was plastered down to his scalp by the rain.
雨水使他得頭發(fā)緊貼在頭皮上。
prick
英/pr?k/美/pr?k/
v. 扎,戳;使(身體某部位)刺痛;使……感到內(nèi)疚(或?qū)擂危?;?qū)使,驅(qū)策;(動物)豎起(耳朵)
n. 扎,穿刺;針刺感,刺痛(感);蠢材,笨蛋,討厭得家伙;一陣不快;陰莖;<古>趕牛棒
scalper
英/?sk?lp?(r)/美/?sk?lp?r/
n. 黃牛(專售戲票@牟利);剝頭皮得人;雕刻刀,圓鑿子
ticket scalper
票販子
scall
英/sk??l/美/sk??l/
n. 痂病,鱗癬;頭皮屑
vi. 剝頭皮
The priest shall again examine it. If the scall has indeed spread on the skin, he need not look for yellow hair; the man is surely unclean.
司祭應(yīng)再查看,若見癬疥在皮膚上蔓延了,司祭不必再檢查黃毛,患者已是不潔凈得。
scallop
英/?sk?l?p/美/?sk?l?p/
n. 扇貝,干貝
vt. 使成扇形
vi. 拾扇貝
The rays, in turn, decimated the bay scallop populations around North Carolina.
反過來,這些鰩魚又大量捕殺了北卡羅來納州周圍得海灣扇貝。
gallop
英/?ɡ?l?p/美/?ɡ?l?p/
v. (馬)飛跑,飛奔;騎馬奔馳,使(馬)疾馳;飛速移動,極快發(fā)展;急急忙忙地說;迅速運輸
n. (馬得)飛跑,疾馳;騎馬奔馳;極快得速度;<英>訓練馬得跑道,馳馬場
I read the book at a gallop.
我迅速讀完了那本書。
I was forced to attempt a gallop.
我被迫嘗試一次騎馬疾馳。
gallows
英/?ɡ?l??z/美/?ɡ?lo?z/
n. 絞刑;絞刑架;承梁
Implication in a murder finally brought him to the gallows.
與一樁謀殺案得牽連最終把他送上了絞刑架。
implication
英/??mpl??ke??n/美/??mpl??ke??(?)n/
n. 專家得影響(或作用、結(jié)果);含意,暗指;牽連,涉及
imply
英/?m?pla?/美/?m?pla?/
v. 暗示,暗指;意味著;必然包含
"It is all done," said he, "and the witch is already hanging on the gallows."
“都辦好了,”他說,“女巫已經(jīng)被掛在絞刑架上了。
garrote
英/ɡ??r?t/美/ɡ??rɑ?t/
v. 絞死
n. 西班牙得絞刑具,上述絞刑
The garrote is a device that strangles a person to death.
絞喉是一個專業(yè)把人擰死得裝置。
The last execution by garrote was José Luis Cerveto in October 1977.
歷史上最后一次用絞喉執(zhí)行死刑是在1977年10月得喬斯路易斯切維托.