skull
Word family nounskullcapskull
Biology, Human
skull /skʌl/ ●●○ noun [countableC] → scull1. 
HBthe bones of a person’s or animal’s head 〔人或动物的〕颅骨，头骨 →5 see picture at 见图 skeleton
HBthe bones of a person’s or animal’s head 〔人或动物的〕颅骨，头骨 →5 see picture at 见图 skeleton2 somebody can’t get it into their (thick) skull spokenUNDERSTAND someone is unable to understand something very simple 某人的笨脑袋无法明白
He can’t seem to get it into his skull that I’m just not interested in him.
他这个笨蛋好像无法明白我根本对他不感兴趣。
Examples from the Corpus
skull• Firstly, it is reflected and given direction by the cut-away skull bone, acting as a parabolic reflector.• His bony skull and his sharp beak jutted out of the robe at such a low angle he looked like a buzzard.• He cuts up bleached gourds to be the skulls.• The superman testing himself with an ax, crushing the skulls of old women.• They are classified according to the number of openings in the skull.• He said post mortems showed Mrs Garvey had died from head injuries, including multiple fractures to the skull.• The skull smashed, apparently by a heavy mallet which Lorrimer had been examining.
(1200-1300) From a Scandinavian language