scalp

• 頭皮；トロフィー
• vt.頭皮を剥ぐ
• vi.頭皮を剥ぐ

古ノルド語のskalli（禿げた）、PIE*skel（切り刻む、切る）に由来する可能性があり、語源的にはscale（鱗）、shell（貝殻）と同じ。 頭、scalp（頭皮）に由来し、古代の戦争で戦利品として敵の頭皮を剥ぐこと、またscalper（頭皮を剥ぐ）という俗語に由来する。

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.

彼の髪は雨に濡れて頭皮に密着した。

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

大量の体熱が頭皮を通って散逸した。

3.He told friends I was after his scalp .

彼は友人たちに私が彼を負かしたいと言った。

4.Stock speculators wanted his scalp .

株式投機筋は彼をやっつけようとした。

5.He pretended to scalp me with his sword.

彼は私の頭皮を剣ではがすふりをした。