RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a _liaison_ between a bald head and a bank account.
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offspring
['ɔfsprɪŋ]
n. 后代，子孙;产物，结果;（动物的）崽;幼苗;
💡 off结束+spring春宵→春宵一度的结晶→子女后代
"the problems parents have with their teenage offspring"
父母与青少年子女之间的问题
近义：kin, kindred, litter, offsprings, progeniture, progeny
反义：parent, predecessor, father, forefather, ancestor
n. 银行;（条形的）堆;（河的）岸;库存;
vt.& vi. 堆积;筑（堤）;将（钱）存入银行;
vi. （转弯时）倾斜飞行;（在某银行）开账户，存款;
vt. （用煤等）封炉火;
💡 bank=bench长椅→由柜台转化而来 → 银行
"I don't have a bank account."
我没有银行账户。
近义：deposit, hill, earth, tip, slope, lender
反义：retire, withdraw
n. 账，账目;存款;记述，报告;理由;
vi. 解释;导致;报账;
vt. 认为;把…视作;
💡 ac一再+count计算→计算，算账
"I don't have a bank account."
我没有银行账户。
近义：numeration, reckoning, score, tally, count, counting
n. 联络，联络人;[语]连音;（尤指一方或双方已婚的）私通;[烹]加浓料;
"Our role is to ensure liaison between schools and parents."
我们的作用是确保学校与家长间的联系。
近义：link, linkage, bond, connection, entailment, cohabitation
adj. 秃头的;单调的，枯燥的;光秃的;赤裸裸的，毫无掩饰的;
💡 bald(=ball)+d:像球一样的头- 秃头的 光秃的 剥得（谐音）：剥得 光秃秃
"He started going bald in his twenties."
他二十几岁便开始谢顶。
近义：baldheaded, baldy, hairless, plain, unadorned, bare
反义：shaggy, bushy, furred, furry, hairy
n. 上端;头脑;头部;首脑，首长;
vt. 用头顶;前进;作为…的首领;站在…的前头;
vi. 朝…行进;出发;向…方向移动;船驶往;
adj. 头的;在前头的;首要的;在顶端的;
💡 他（he) 头大做了帽子 广告 网友：difficult 补充：
"They have appointed a new head teacher at my son's school."
我儿子读书的学校任命了一位新校长。
近义：lead, manage, skipper, command, captain, conduct
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"Fixed ideas are like a cramp in the foot - the best remedy against it is to tread on it."
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