dandruff: [16] The word dandruff (or dandriff, as it commonly used to be) first appears, out of the blue, in the mid 16th century, with no known relatives. Its first element, dand-, remains utterly obscure, but the second part may have been borrowed from Old Norse hrufa or Middle Low German rōve, both meaning ‘scab’ (Middle English had a word roufe ‘scab, scurf’, and modern Dutch has roof).
dandruff (n.)
1540s, first element obscure, second element is Northumbrian or East Anglian dialectal huff, hurf "scab," from Old Norse hrufa, from Proto-Germanic *hreufaz, source of Old English hreofla "leper."
1. He has very bad dandruff.
他头屑很多。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Every winter he has a problem with dandruff in his hair.
每年冬天头皮屑都困扰着他.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Can you wash my hair with that dandruff control shampoo, please?
dandruff: [16] The word dandruff (or dandriff, as it commonly used to be) first appears, out of the blue, in the mid 16th century, with no known relatives. Its first element, dand-, remains utterly obscure, but the second part may have been borrowed from Old Norse hrufa or Middle Low German rōve, both meaning ‘scab’ (Middle English had a word roufe ‘scab, scurf’, and modern Dutch has roof).
dandruff (n.)
1540s, first element obscure, second element is Northumbrian or East Anglian dialectal huff, hurf "scab," from Old Norse hrufa, from Proto-Germanic *hreufaz, source of Old English hreofla "leper."
双语例句
1. He has very bad dandruff.
他头屑很多。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Every winter he has a problem with dandruff in his hair.
每年冬天头皮屑都困扰着他.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Can you wash my hair with that dandruff control shampoo, please?