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scalp

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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scalp1 /skælp/ noun [countable]  1 HBHthe skin on the top of your head 头皮 Massage the shampoo gently into your hair and scalp. 把洗发液轻轻揉进头发和头皮。2 somebody’s scalp informalBEAT/DEFEAT if you want someone’s scalp, you want them to be completely defeated 某人的头皮〔要某人的头皮表示要彻底击败某人〕 The board members were after the chairman’s scalp. 董事会成员要彻底扳倒董事长。
Examples from the Corpus
scalpNow he stood near the door with his hands clasping each other behind his back and his scalp itching furiously in the heat.I sat him up so I could take a look at his scalp under the light.A slight breeze rose to cool his scalp, which had been sun-baked, then doused with water until it tingled.His hair fled his scalp as if in flames.Barrow was on his hands and knees on the floor, blood oozing from a wound in his scalp.They had an impression of very red cheeks and moist yellow hair smeared over the scalp like egg yolk.Thomas Cunningham suffered a cut to the scalp which required hospital treatment.He took scalp treatments that he felt were doing some good although he doubted it.
scalp2 verb [transitive]  1. American English informalSELL to buy tickets for an event and sell them again at a much higher price 倒卖,炒卖〔门票〕 SYN British English tout2. CUTto cut the hair and skin off the head of a dead enemy as a sign of victory 剥下〔敌人〕的头皮作为战利品→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
scalpOne man's head was scalped.The victim has been scalped and the priest wears the hair.The full flesh of his cheeks and chin had been scalped back to the bone.It was rutted deep by ore wagons, scalped of its timber.Any one of the Commerce Department tickets could have been scalped outside Sun Devil stadium for $ 1,000 or more.But when they are scalping, they are working in the public interest.That they will never kill or scalp white men, nor attempt to do them harm.
From Longman Business Dictionaryscalpscalp /skælp/ verb [intransitive, transitive] informal1American English to buy tickets for an event and sell them again at a much higher priceguys that scalp tickets outside the stadium2FINANCE to buy and quickly sell small quantities of SECURITIES (=bonds, shares etc), in order to make small but fast profitsTraders try to scalp profits as contract prices rise and fall.scalper noun [countable]Fans were willing to pay scalpers up to $1,500.scalping noun [uncountable]Super Bowl ticket scalping→ See Verb tableOrigin scalp1 (1300-1400) From a Scandinavian language
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scalp
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scalp1 /skælp/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: From a Scandinavian language
1. the skin on the top of your head:
    Massage the shampoo gently into your hair and scalp.
2. sb’s scalp informal if you want someone’s scalp, you want them to be completely defeated:
    The board members were after the chairman’s scalp.

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scalp2 verb [transitive]
1. American English informal to buy tickets for an event and sell them again at a much higher price
   SYN  tout British English
2. to cut the hair and skin off the head of a dead enemy as a sign of victory


scalpBrE /skælp/ 🔊NAmE /skælp/ 🔊 nounthe skin that covers the part of the head where the hair grows 头皮(in the past) the skin and hair that was removed from the head of a dead enemy by some Native American peoples as a sign of victory (旧时美洲土著从被杀的敌人头上剥下作为战利品的)带发头皮(informal) a symbol of the fact that sb has been defeated or punished (表示某人已被打败或已受到惩罚的)标志They have claimed some impressive scalps in their bid for the championship. 他们已在夺取冠军的征途上获得显著进展。🔊🔊
scalpBrE /skælp/ 🔊NAmE /skælp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they scalp BrE /skælp/ 🔊 NAmE /skælp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it scalps BrE /skælps/ 🔊 NAmE /skælps/ 🔊past simple scalped BrE /skælpt/ 🔊 NAmE /skælpt/ 🔊past participle scalped BrE /skælpt/ 🔊 NAmE /skælpt/ 🔊 -ing form scalping BrE /ˈskælpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskælpɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb to remove the skin and hair from the top of an enemy's head as a sign of victory (作为战利品,从被杀的敌人头上)剥下…的带发头皮(NAmE) (BrE tout) ~ sth to sell tickets for a popular event illegally, at a price that is higher than the official price, especially outside a theatre, stadium, etc. (尤指在剧院、体育场等外以高价)倒卖门票,卖黑市票