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单词 skull
释义

skull

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noun

ˈskəl How to pronounce skull (audio)
1
: the skeleton of the head of a vertebrate forming a bony or cartilaginous case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws
2
: the seat of understanding or intelligence : mind
skulled
ˈskəld How to pronounce skull (audio)
adjective

skull

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verb

skulled; skulling; skulls

transitive verb

1
: to hit on the head
2
: to unintentionally hit (a golf ball or shot) with the bottom edge of the clubface

Synonyms

Noun

  • cranium
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun He had a fractured skull. paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The medical examiner's office, Mortensen explained, will determine the age of the skull. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 The international team of researchers who found the skeleton during two expeditions, in 2017 and 2019, said its only missing parts were some of the hand and portions of the skull. Essence, 5 Sep. 2022 Evidence of bipedalism began with previous studies of the skull. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 The researchers used a megalodon vertebral column from Belgium, a tooth from the United States, and the chondrocranium – the cartilaginous equivalent of a skull – from a great white shark to build their 3D skeleton. Zoe Sottile, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022 Then, as the weather cools, cells at the base of the antlers sever the connection to the skull. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2022 According to the DoeNetwork, a non-profit organization dedicated to identifying John/Jane Doe cases, the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the right side of the skull. Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 24 July 2022 His right pupil was larger than his left, a sign of brain pressure, but still reacting to light because the normally constraining box of the skull had been blown open by the bullet passing through. Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 The team also wanted to quantify how varying the degree of shock to the skull would impact the ability of a woodpecker to hammer effectively. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022
Verb
Another decade passed and, in 2019, the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office received a grant to begin DNA analysis on more than 100 sets of unidentified remains, the Mount Hood skull among them. oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020 And, most incredibly, not after skulling a bunker shot on the par-5 14th, then hacking out to 30 feet. Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019 The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it. Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019 This leaves one big question: Why were people drilling into one another’s skulls 5,000 years ago in the first place? Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2018 Someone took out a golf driver and skulled the top off of a full can of Bud Light and drank what was left. Byron Mccauley, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English skulle, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect skulle skull

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1945, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

skull

noun

ˈskəl How to pronounce skull (audio)
: the case of bone or cartilage that forms the skeleton of the head and face, encloses the brain, and supports the jaws

Medical Definition

skull

noun

ˈskəl How to pronounce skull (audio)
: the skeleton of the head forming a bony case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws

skull 1 of 2

noun

as in cranium
the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cranium
  • head
  • braincase
  • crown
  • scalp
  • noggin
  • pate
  • poll
  • death's-head
  • noddle

skull

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verb

as in to brain

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • brain
  • spear
  • bean
  • conk
  • cane
  • sledgehammer
  • club
  • sledge
  • cudgel
  • stab
  • whip
  • slash
  • lash
  • knee
  • sap
  • floor
  • flail
  • deck
  • thrash
  • cream
  • bump
  • butt
  • switch
  • level
  • stamp
  • fell
  • flog
  • jab
  • sucker punch
  • kick
  • knock down
  • stroke
  • poke
  • tap
  • flick
  • cuff
  • dump
  • push
  • rabbit-punch
  • shove
  • pepper
  • box
  • bat
  • jostle
  • prod
  • pelt
  • hammer
  • whale
  • rough
  • bunt
  • chop
  • bung
  • bowl (down or over)
  • sock
  • pommel
  • maul
  • slug
  • clock
  • nail
  • lace
  • buffet
  • belt
  • punch
  • pummel
  • tag
  • batter
  • thump
  • clip
  • bop
  • scuff
  • bludgeon
  • crack
  • mangle
  • smack
  • lick
  • bob
  • whack
  • hit
  • bang
  • knock
  • paste
  • rap
  • slap
  • pound
  • thwack
  • bonk
  • bash
  • clout
  • bust
  • clap
  • smite
  • zap
  • biff
  • swipe
  • wallop
  • slam
  • strike
  • swat
  • drub
  • clobber
  • beat
  • slog
  • lambaste
  • lambast
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