scalp

英 [sk?lp] 美[sk?lp]

TEM4低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數(shù):?scalps;第三人稱單數(shù):?scalps;過去式:?scalped;過去分詞:?scalped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?scalping;

1. scale, shell, skull => scalp.
2. 黃牛黨就相當于在別人身上割一層皮。
3. 諧音“死割皮、死開皮”---印第安人和高山族人死愛割敵人的皮。
4. Latin scalpere "to cut, carve" => scalp.

scalp 頭頂，頭皮，剝下頭皮，倒票門票

可能來自古諾斯語 skalli,禿頭，來自 PIE*skel,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。

scalp: scalp: [13] Scalp originally meant ‘top of the head, cranium’; it was not used for the ‘skin on top of the head’ until the 17th century. It is not altogether clear where the word came from, but its resemblance to Old Norse skálpr ‘sheath, shell’ and the fact that it first appeared in Scotland and the north of England suggest that it was borrowed from a Scandinavian language. Its ultimate ancestor was no doubt the Germanic base *skal-, *skel-, *skul-, source also of English shell and probably skull.
=> scale, shell, skull
scalp (n.): mid-14c., "top of the head (including hair)," presumably from a Scandinavian source (though exact cognates are wanting) related to Old Norse skalli "a bald head," skalpr "sheath, scabbard,"from the source of scale (n.1). French scalpe, German, Danish, Swedish skalp are from English. Meaning "head skin and hair as proof of death or a victory trophy" is from c. 1600.
scalp (v.): "to cut off (someone's) scalp," 1670s, from scalp (n.), originally in reference to North American Indians. For ticket re-selling sense, see scalper. Related: Scalped; scalping. Compare German skalpern, Danish skalpere, Swedish skalpera. French scalper is from Germanic. Similarity to Latin scalpere "to cut, carve" is accidental.

1. His hair was plastered down to his scalp by the rain.: 他的頭發(fā)淋雨后緊貼在頭皮上。