skull
The main bones of the head considered as a unitThe main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
» The human skull consists of 23 bones.
Der menschliche Schädel besteht aus dreiundzwanzig Knochen.
Череп человека состоит из двадцати трёх костей.
Значение
значений: 7The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
Schädel, Kranium
че́репčérep
че́репčérep
These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
Totenkopf
че́репčérep
(переносно)The mind or brain.
A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
The crown of the headpiece in armour.
(Шотландия)A shallow bow-handled basket.
(Британия, устаревшее, сленг)The head or master of a college.
the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
Примеры
предложений: 86The human skull consists of 23 bones.
Череп человека состоит из двадцати трёх костей.
deDer menschliche Schädel besteht aus dreiundzwanzig Knochen.
Tom has a tattoo of a skull on his chest.
У Тома на груди есть татуировка в виде черепа.
Are you out of your skull?
Tom was bored out of his skull.
Tom's skull was crushed when the building collapsed.
Переводы
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Происхождение
From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal formFrom Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal form of Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English sċealu (“husk”), to Proto-Norse *ᛋᚲᚨᛚᛟ (*skalo), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo. Compare Scots scull, Danish skal (“skull”) and skalle (“bald head, skull”), Norwegian skalle, Swedish skalle and especially dialectal Swedish skulle.
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