"scalped" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 被割去頭皮
• 轉售門票

Definition

'Scalped' 可以指被割掉頭皮（通常是暴力的），或者指將東西（如門票）以更高價倒賣。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

現今關於割頭皮的意思多出現在歷史、小說或暴力相關的內容。指倒賣票時在美國英語中很常見，指黃牛行為。不適用於其他普通物品的銷售。

Examples

The movie tickets were scalped outside the theater.

電影票在電影院外被**轉售**了。

He was scalped in the old western story.

在那部西部舊故事中，他被**割去了頭皮**。

All the concert tickets were scalped quickly.

所有音樂會門票都被**轉售**得很快。

I couldn’t get in because all the seats had been scalped.

我進不去，因為所有座位都被**轉售**了。

She heard a story about a cowboy who was scalped by bandits.

她聽過一個牛仔被強盜**割去頭皮**的故事。

We saw people scalped tickets for double the price at the stadium.

我們看到有人在體育場**轉售**門票，價格是原價的兩倍。