单词 | skull and crossbones |
释义 | skull and crossbonessingular noun A skull and crossbones is a picture of a human skull above a pair of crossed bones which warns of death or danger. It used to appear on the flags of pirate ships and is now sometimes found on containers holding poisonous substances. Skull and crossbones stickers on the drums aroused the suspicion of the customs officers. skull and crossbones in British Englishnoun a picture of the human skull above two crossed thighbones, formerly on the pirate flag, now used as a warning of danger or death skull and crossbones in American English a human skull facing forward with two long bones crossed beneath it, as formerly pictured on pirates' flags: nowused as a warning sign, as on poisons |
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