| 单词 | cranium |
| 释义 | cranium (once / 5327 pages) n Your cranium is your skull, the hard bone of your head that protects your brain from injury. Take care of your cranium; it's your built-in helmet! A skull is made up of a cranium and a mandible, or jaw bone. When you think about the hard top of your head, that's your cranium. It's also responsible for organizing the way our faces look — in some animals, the cranium is arranged so that horns are attached to the face for defense. The word comes from the Greek kranion, "upper part of the head," from the root word kara, or "head." WORD FAMILYcranium: crania, craniums USAGE EXAMPLESHow refreshing it would be if The Walking Dead broke the rules rather than its most captivating villain’s cranium. The Guardian(Nov 14, 2016) One day, we feel a resonance, from the soles of the feet to the cranium. The New Yorker(Nov 13, 2016) As it stewed in the stagnant, acidic pool, minerals began to replace the soft tissue in the cranium, preserving it for millions of years. New York Times(Oct 27, 2016) n the part of the skull that encloses the brain Syn|Hyper braincase, brainpan bone, os rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
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