• n. 頭皮；戰利品
• vt. 剝頭皮
• vi. 剝頭皮

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，古代戰爭中剝下敵人頭皮作為戰利品，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.

他的頭發淋雨后緊貼在頭皮上。

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2. A lot of body heat is lost through the scalp.

大量體熱通過頭皮散失。

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3. He told friends I was after his scalp.

他告訴朋友們我想打敗他。

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4. Stock speculators wanted his scalp.

股票投機商想整他一頓。

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5. He pretended to scalp me with his sword.

他假裝要用劍剝下我的頭皮。

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