英语词汇“scalp”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

scalpscalp1 /skælp/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYscalp¹

Origin: 1300-1400 from a Scandinavian language

1science, biology the skin on the top of your head2the skin and hair that was cut off an enemy’s head in the past as a sign of victory3be out for/be after/want etc. somebody’s scalp informal to want to defeat or punish someone severely [Origin: 1300–1400 from a Scandinavian language]

noun | verb

scalpscalp2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

scalp

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	scalp
	he, she, it	scalps
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	scalped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have scalped
	he, she, it	has scalped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had scalped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will scalp
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have scalped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am scalping
	he, she, it	is scalping
	you, we, they	are scalping
Past	I, he, she, it	was scalping
	you, we, they	were scalping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been scalping
	he, she, it	has been scalping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been scalping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be scalping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been scalping

1informal to buy tickets for an event and sell them again at a much higher price2to cut off a dead enemy’s scalp as a sign of victory