MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

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western ['wɛstɚn] 词频2 词根: west
adj. 西方的;欧美的; n. 西部电影，西部小说;西方人;
💡 west西方+ern...方向的 →西方的
"a country and western singer"
乡村与西部音乐歌手
近义：westerner, occidental, west, westerly 反义：oriental, east, easterly, eastern
society [sə'saɪəti] 词频1 词根: soci
n. 社会;上流社会;社团;社群; adj. 上流社会的，社交界的;
💡 socie=social社会+ty表名词 → 社会，社团
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
近义：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood 反义：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
horse [hɔrs] 词频1
n. 马;骑马的军人，骑兵;有脚的架;跳马，鞍马; vt. 为…备马;猛推或用力向上举; vi. 欲交配，，用于母马; adj. 马的;骑在马背上的;马拉的，使用马力的;较大的，较粗硬的;
💡 音“祸事”，塞翁失 马焉知非福
"the anatomy of the horse"
马的身体构造
近义：mount, equine, horsy
American [ə'merikən] 词频1
n. 美国人;美洲人; 美国英语; adj. 美国的 ;美洲的;地道美国式的;
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整洁体面的典型美国男孩
近义：us
wife [waɪf] 词频1
n. 妻子，太太;夫人，老婆;已婚妇女;
💡 我爱抚(谐音): 妻子 妻子说“我爱夫”（谐音）
"His wife's death left a vacuum in his life."
他妻子的去世使他的生活变得空虚.
近义：woman, missis 反义：partner, spouse, hubby, consort
nobleman [['nəublmən]] 词频4
n. 贵族
近义：hidalgo, noble, lord, don 反义：plebe, commoner

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"OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard."
"LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge."
"Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
"PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with."
"Conservative. noun. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a liberal, who wishes to replace them with others."
"Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."
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