dandruff

noun
🔊/ˈdændrʌf/
🔊/ˈdændrəf/
[uncountable]
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  1. very small pieces of dead skin, seen as a white dust in a person’s hair头皮屑
    • a dandruff shampoo头皮屑洗发水
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDandruff is used before these nouns:
    • shampoo
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: the first element is unknown; the second (-ruff) is perhaps related to Middle English rove ‘quality of being flaky’.