scurf /ˈskɝf/
頭屑,皮屑
scurf /ˈskɝf/ 名詞
粗皮病,糠皮病,皮屑,頭皮屑
Scurf n.
1. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.
2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent.
The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. --Dryden.
3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.
There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top
Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire
Shone with a glossy scurf. --Milton.
4. Bot. Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
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scurf
n 1: (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that
covers some plant parts
2: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the
skin [syn: scale, exfoliation]