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单词 skull
释义
skull
noun[C]
uk
/skʌl/us
/skʌl/
C2
thebonesof theheadthatsurroundthebrainand give theheaditsshape:
头（盖）骨，颅骨
Thesoldiersdiscoveredapileofhumanskulls andbones.士兵们发现了一堆人的头盖骨和尸骨。
picture of skull
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More examples
  • Shefracturedher skull in theaccident.
  • Thebonesof the skull are notproperlyfusedatbirth.
  • Theancientskull of Peking Man has been pieced together fromfragments.
  • Thebiggestof theboneslookedlike apieceof skull.
  • You couldseetheoldman's skull beneath hisskin.
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The head

Idiom

getsomethingintoyour(thick) skull
(Definition ofskullfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

skull| American Dictionary

skull
noun[C]
us
/skʌl/
thebonesof theheadthatsurroundthebrain, orinfmlsomeone’smindorhead:
Hefracturedhis skull in anautomobileaccident.
infmlCartoons willfillyourskullfullofmush.
(Definition ofskullfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofskull

skull
The skulls placed in the bowls do not face in any particular direction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, even in the plural, an adjective cannot be positioned between the genitive and the head noun: several men's forty-thousand-year-old skulls.
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On page 18, she also wears either a cape or a blouse similarly decorated with skulls and crossbones.
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In the case of small mammals, the skulls should always be sent with the skins.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The early decades of the nineteenth century onwards saw the popular expression and interest in reading difference and character through the physical typology of skulls.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Figures 3 and 5 illustrate how the vessels holding skulls 6 and 7 were positioned so that they were almost touching.
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In the middle was a great round thatched hut and opposite its entrance another mountain of skulls.
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Although the scientific reputation of physiognomics was low, the scientifically accepted investigation of brains and skulls was not so different in principle.
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However, it managed to compile an admiringly large assortment of specimens: extensive collections of shells, mammals, skulls, and photographs.
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Our real skulls are bigger than the experienced universe.
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From the 1790s onward he collected human and animal skulls and some wax models of brains.
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First, the fact that ar ticulated mandibles and cervical ver tebrae were recovered along with the skulls indicates that the skulls were interred at least par tially ar ticulated.
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Porotic hyperostosis was observed on several skulls.
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At the back of the chamber there was a pile of all types of bones (femurs, skulls, ribs, etc.), as well as large ollas full of incinerated bones.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this case, however, the deposit of disar ticulated skeletal elements matches what is expected for a secondary deposit; it is represented primarily by complete skulls and long bones.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithskull

skull

These are words often used in combination withskull.

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fractured skull
He fell from a building and died of afracturedskull.
From theCambridge English Corpus
human skull
This means milling of a given trajectory on ahumanskull.
From theCambridge English Corpus
partial skull
The specimen consists largely of an impression of the dorsal surface of a partial skull including the orbits.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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