Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
— Unknown  ·  No category

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culture ['kʌltʃɚ] 词频2 词根: cult
n. 文化;[生物学]（微生物等的）培养;修养;养殖; vt. 培植，培养;
💡 cult耕种，培养+ure抽象名词→[对心灵的]培养→人类文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
异域文化的不同情调
近义：incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise 反义：philistinism, barbarism, roughness
comfortable ['kʌmftəbl] 词频1 词根: com
adj. 舒适的;安逸的，处于轻松的;充裕的;
💡 com共同+fort强大，力量+able能...的 → 愉快舒适的
"We stayed at Tom's place. It isn't exactly Buck House, but it's comfortable enough."
我们待在汤姆那里。那并不是巴克宫，但足够舒适了。
近义：inviting, snug, cosey, cozie, comfy, cosy 反义：inconvenient, awkward, uneasy, unemployed, comfortless, constrained
seeing [[si:iŋ]] 词频3
n. 视觉, 视力, 观看\\nconj. 鉴于
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, sense, sensing
holding ['həuldiŋ] 词频5
n. 佃户租种的土地;所有物（如土地、债券、股份等）;私有财产;（因其热情、精力或决心等）阻拦不住某人; v. 拿( hold的现在分词);认为;包含;容纳;
"He was debarred from holding public office."
他被禁止担任公职。
近义：kickstand, mount, prop, stay, support, stand
guns
n. 炮；枪（gun的复数）
近义：armament, armory, armoury, arms, arsenal, artillery
hands
n. 拥有, 所有\\n[计] 动手
近义：labor, laborers, workpeople, labour, labourers

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