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.

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organ ['?rɡ?n] 詞頻2 詞根: 活動
n. 機構;器官;風琴;元件;
?? organo-, organ- 表”組織結構”
"He was lucky that the bullet hadn't entered a vital organ."
他很幸運,子彈沒有打進身體的要害部位.
近義:organisation, organism, organization, body, agency
science ['sa??ns] 詞頻1 詞根: sci
n. 科學;技術,知識;學科;理科;
?? sci知道+ence名詞后綴 → 科學;學問
"a degree in computer science"
計算機科學學位
pocket ['pɑk?t] 詞頻1
n. 口袋,錢袋;金錢,財富;容器;凹處; vt. 隱藏;放進口袋;私吞,盜用;忍受; adj. 放在口袋里的;小的,迷你的;金錢上的;
"Any out - of - pocket expenses incurred on the firm's business will be reimbursed."
由公司業務產生的開銷都可以報銷.
近義:pouch, hole, hollow, hollowness, orifice, sinus
scalp [sk?lp] 詞頻3
n. 頭皮;勝利品;圓禿禿的山頂;做股票小投機所得的微小利潤; vt. 剝去…的頭皮;倒賣(黃牛票);以(某物)囤積居奇牟取暴利;奪取(對方的勢力); vi. 賣(黃牛票);
"This excess fungal yeast irritates the scalp, causing overproduction of skin cells."
這過量的真菌酵母刺激皮膚產生了過多的皮膚細胞.
近義:tout, pericranium
dupe [dju:p]
vt. 欺騙;愚弄; n. 易受騙的人,上當者;
"He becomes an innocent dupe in a political scandal."
他在一起政治丑聞中成了一名無辜的受騙者。
近義:hoax, hoodwink, humbug, inveigle, mislead, outmaneuver
phrenology
n. 顱相學\\n[醫] 顱相學(一門唯心的學科)

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