The boy was describing a Breton bed, and the white cap was the coiffe that my mother wore.

男孩描述的是一张布列塔尼床， 而那顶白帽子就是我母亲戴的头巾。

But humans have been cutting and coiffing their hair for at least 25,000 years, mostly with the aim of pleasing themselves and distancing or differentiating themselves from others.

但至少两万五千年以来，人们一直在修剪、打理自己的头发，主要是为了满足自己、胜过别人或是让自己显得与众不同。