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.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

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organ ['ɔrɡən] 词频2 词根: 活动
n. 机构;器官;风琴;元件;
💡 organo-, organ- 表”组织结构”
"He was lucky that the bullet hadn't entered a vital organ."
他很幸运,子弹没有打进身体的要害部位.
近义：organisation, organism, organization, body, agency
science ['saɪəns] 词频1 词根: sci
n. 科学;技术，知识;学科;理科;
💡 sci知道+ence名词后缀 → 科学；学问
"a degree in computer science"
计算机科学学位
pocket ['pɑkɪt] 词频1
n. 口袋，钱袋;金钱，财富;容器;凹处; vt. 隐藏;放进口袋;私吞，盗用;忍受; adj. 放在口袋里的;小的，迷你的;金钱上的;
"Any out - of - pocket expenses incurred on the firm's business will be reimbursed."
由公司业务产生的开销都可以报销.
近义：pouch, hole, hollow, hollowness, orifice, sinus
scalp [skælp] 词频3
n. 头皮;胜利品;圆秃秃的山顶;做股票小投机所得的微小利润; vt. 剥去…的头皮;倒卖（黄牛票）;以（某物）囤积居奇牟取暴利;夺取（对方的势力）; vi. 卖（黄牛票）;
"This excess fungal yeast irritates the scalp, causing overproduction of skin cells."
这过量的真菌酵母刺激皮肤产生了过多的皮肤细胞.
近义：tout, pericranium
dupe [dju:p]
vt. 欺骗;愚弄; n. 易受骗的人，上当者;
"He becomes an innocent dupe in a political scandal."
他在一起政治丑闻中成了一名无辜的受骗者。
近义：hoax, hoodwink, humbug, inveigle, mislead, outmaneuver
phrenology
n. 颅相学\\n[医] 颅相学(一门唯心的学科)

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"PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one."
"The covers of this book are too far apart."
"RESOLUTE, adj. Obstinate in a course that we approve."
"Year, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments."
"PLEASURE, n. The least hateful form of dejection."
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