For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
— Johnny Carson
· Death
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 死亡;（某種）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
?? dead(死)+th(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁決
近義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反義：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
vi. 持續;逗留;維持原狀;
vt. 延期;使延伸;使持續;繼續說;
?? con全部+tinu握住+e→全部拿住→做事做到尾→繼續
"The President was given a blank check by Congress to continue the war."
國會授予總統全權可繼續這場戰爭。
近義：insist, keep, persevere, persist, proceed, prosecute
反義：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
n. 電話;聽筒;（發聲或使用聲音的）工具;說某種語言的;
vt.& vi. 打電話（給某人）;
?? phon聲音 + e → n.電話，電話機；耳機
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的幾個孩子在電話上和朋友聊天一聊就是幾個小時。
近義：telephone, call, blower, pronunciation, telephonic, ring
n. 頭發，毛發;（動、植物的）毛;一絲絲，些微;毛發織物;
?? h(身體最高處)+air(空氣): 頭發
"It is naughty of you to pull your baby sister's hair."
你拉你小妹妹的頭發真是頑皮.
近義：tresses, bob, hairs
反義：pate
vt. 種植;擴大;擴展;增加;
vi. 生長;漸漸變得;逐漸開始;
vt.& vi. （使）留長，蓄長;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已經決定留起絡腮胡子和髭。
近義：proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反義：shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken
vt.& vi. 逐漸變細，變尖;逐漸減弱;
n. 細蠟燭;燈芯;錐形物;
"Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much."
和別的樹不同，它不是越往上越細。
近義：hone, point, sharpen, strap, strop, whet
反義：dull