鱼对水母说了什么？Get a backbone。懂了吗？ backbone，或spine，是大多数生物骨骼系统中的重要部分。对于人类而言，我们需要它使我们能够直立，保护并为我们重要的脊髓提供家园。没有这个backbone，我们将无法站立、行走，实际上是无用的。 正如前文所提到的，backbone只是脊椎的另一个说法。这个习语的形式使用“show”、“get”或“demonstrate”一些backbone，意指证明你不是懦夫，而是一个勇敢而有胆识的人。 He is such a coward when it comes to his abusive boss, he needs to get a backbone and stand up to him. There are many that thought the new prime minister would show some backbone, but the issue is they have to get a back bone to show it first! 对话： JUSTIN: DONALD, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT. DONALD: OK. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU. JUSTIN: I WAS A LITTLE UPSET WHEN YOU BACKTRACKED WHEN YOU WERE CHALLENGED. YOU NEED TO GET A BACKBONE IF WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER. DONALD: HMMM. I WAS JUST BEING CAUTIOUS AND DIDN’T WANT TO COMMIT POLITICAL SUICIDE BY SUPPORTING JUST ONE SIDE OF THE ISSUE. JUSTIN: WELL DONALD, IF YOU GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IT WILL MEAN SHOWING A BACKBONEON THE TOUGH ISSUES. DONALD: ALRIGHT. WHAT IS IT I CAN DO TO DEMONSTRATE MORE OF A BACKGROUND FOR YOU? JUSTIN: WHEN IT COMES TO THE KEY ISSUES YOU NEED TO STRAIGHTEN YOUR BACK AND SHOW A BACKBONE AND SUPPORT US. 其他相关词汇：名词、动词、形容词、副词等（例如：mug – mugger） got a back bone getting a backbone

当我们考虑到Cocky 一词的词根，即雄鸡时，这个名词指的是雄性鸟类，通常是指公鸡。你见过公鸡以及它们的行为吗？ 我们通常通过公鸡清晨的啼叫来认识它们，它们这样做是为了确保其他公鸡或实际上是任何东西或任何人都知道这是它们的领地。公鸡以具有攻击性而闻名，它们经常会变得暴力。它们也被认为是自信的，从不退缩，并以自信坚定的姿态站立和行走。 当我们在“公鸡”后面加上一个“y”形成“Cocky ”一词时，这个词通常用来描述人，有时也可以用来描述其他动物。这个词的起源可以追溯到16世纪中期。 含义： “Cocky ”是一个形容词，用来描述某人傲慢、自信和Cocky 。 “Cocky ”的例子。 I really don’t like your friend Bob, he is so cocky and rude! The new guy in the IT department is really cocky. I think he needs to be taken down a few notches. 对话： ERNIE: HEY BERT, HOW DID YOU DO ON THE EXAM! BERT: IT WAS A BREEZE! I DIDN’T EVEN STUDY FOR IT. ERNIE: REALLY? I FOUND IT A LITTLE TOUGH AND I GLAD I STUDIED FOR IT. BERT: WELL ERNIE, I GUESS THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND I. ERNIE: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? BERT: SIMPLY, SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE SMARTS AND OTHER ARE BORN WITHOUT. ERNIE: YOU KNOW ERNIE, YOU CAN BE SO COCKY SOMETIMES AND DOWNRIGHT ARROGANT. BERT: HEY, I AM WHO I AM AND I AM NOT GOING TO HIDE THE FACT THAT I AM BETTER AT MOST THINGS THAN MOST PEOPLE. IT IS CALLED BEING CONFIDENT ERNIE. ERNIE: THERE IS CONFIDENCE AND THEN THERE IS OVERCONFIDENCE! 其他您可以创建的单词：名词，动词，形容词，副词等（例如：杯子 - 杯子） Cockiness, Cockier, cockiest

有人认为，八卦和听谣言是人类的天性。有趣的是，人类学家已经确定，八卦和谣言对人类的生存至关重要，甚至有人推测，八卦是人类发展语言技能的主要原因。 自时间的黎明以来，八卦和谣言帮助我们在实际危害我们之前了解信息。往往，获悉这些信息被用作社会控制机制，帮助我们保持诚实和遵循规矩。 在社会控制以暴力形式出现之前，八卦和谣言是我们的第一道防线。如今，提前了解信息使我们能够做好准备，如果信息属实，我们可以找到理由，可以证明并以积极的方式框定我们的行动，以避免社会排斥。归属感是强大的人类需求。 “get wind”含义： 当我们听到某人不希望其他人知道的信息时，我们称之为“听到get wind”。 I got wind that Brenda is pregnant and she is not going to keep the baby. The military and the intelligence community get wind of a lot of information that has saved lives. 对话： BRIAN: LAST MONTH I GOT WIND THAT YEP COMPANY IS GOING TO GO PUBLIC. DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING? BLAKE: NOPE? WHO TOLD YOU THAT? BRIAN: DONNY BRUMP TOLD ME. BLAKE: DONNY, THE ONE FROM YEP COMPANY? BRIAN: YEPPERS, THAT’S THE ONE. HE SAID HE CAUGHT WIND OF IT FROM ONE OF THE EXECUTIVES HE OVERHEARD TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THE CEO. BLAKE: HMMM. I WOULD BE CAREFUL WITH INFORMATION YOU GET WIND OF FROM DONNY. FIRST OF ALL, HE HAS NOT BEEN SO RELIABLE. SECOND, THAT IS CLOSE TO INSIDER TRADING WHICH IS EXTREMELY ILLEGAL EVEN IF SOMEONE GOT WIND OF IT WITHOUT LOOKING FOR IT INTENTIONALLY. BRIAN: GOOD POINT, BLAKE. I GUESS YOU CAN BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU CATCH WIND OF! BLAKE: WELL, I THINK IT IS MORE THE SOURCE YOU ARE GETTING THE WIND FROM. SOMETIMES IS MORE FLATULENCE THAN TRUTH.

Derivative 非常有用。它们是我们可以快速而轻松地扩展词汇的最强大工具之一。Derivative 是从独立的根源衍生、扩展或取得的产品、延伸或物体。Derivative 一词来源于动词“derive”，意思是从底层来源获取或取得某物。 以下是生活中一些Derivative 的例子： Orange juice is a derivative of oranges. Wood is a derivative of a tree. 单词“herb”（草本植物）是拉丁词“herba”（草）的Derivative 。 在语言中，Derivative 是从其他“根”单词形成的单词。它们通常用于将其根单词转变为不同的语法类别，例如将动词变为名词，形容词变为副词。但Derivative 还有许多其他功能。本文将讨论语言Derivative 的三种主要类型，即：形态派生、屈折和词源派生。 形态派生 形态派生是指通过称为词缀的字母结构更改根（基本）词。衍生词始终至少由两部分组成。例如：childish（孩子气的）= child（根）+ -ish（词缀）。 What is an Affix? Affix是附着在单词上以改变其含义的字母组。当它们放在单词前面时，它们被称为前缀。当放在后面时，它们被称为后缀。 以下是一些例子： Dishonest（不诚实的） Honest（诚实）=表示说真话的根词。 Dis- = 表示否定的前缀。 Dis+ Honest = dishonest（不诚实）= honest的Derivative ，意味着不说真话。 Honorable（可敬的） Honor（尊敬）= 表示高度尊重的根词。 -able = 表示可能或可以做的后缀。 Honor + able = honorable（可敬的）= honor的Derivative ，意味着受到尊敬的事物或人。 英语语言中有数百个词缀。但以下是一些最常见的词缀及其含义。如果您想了解更多有用的词缀，请查看我们的大型前缀和后缀及其含义列表。 常见前缀： - Pre（在...之前） - Inter（在...之间） - Ir-, Im-, In-（否定/不） - Uni（一） - Trans（横越或超越） - Tri（三）

当你想到这个短语时，你会想到谁？弗兰克·辛纳特拉？诺拉·琼斯？还是瑞·查尔斯？还有艾拉·费兹杰拉德、比莉·霍利迪？这个短语是由两位相对不知名的歌曲创作者哈罗德·阿伦和约翰尼·默瑟创作的。这首歌使得“come rain or shine”这个短语变得广为人知。 它最初是为1946年的百老汇音乐剧《圣路易斯女人》而创作的。这首歌本身是一首经典之作，辛纳特拉和瑞·查尔斯帮助将这首歌推向了更高的荣誉。这首歌也帮助这个短语成为一个常用的习语，并在习语世界中成为一颗耀眼的明星。 含义： 当我们使用这个习语时，我们是在对某人说，无论是风雨，无论环境如何，我们都会做到。 My dad was a early riser and always drank his coffee at sun rise come rain or shine. I promise you, come rain or shine, we will finish that report. 对话： MARTIN: GOOD MORNING, SAM SAM: HI MARTIN, HOW YOU TODAY? MARTIN: VERY GOOD. HOW IS THAT REPORT COMING FOR MR. BELLS? SAM: WELL, IT IS A SLOW GO. I WORKED ON IT ALL WEEKEND AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT TODAY. MARTIN: ALL WEEKEND? IT SOUNDS LIKE AN INTENSE REPORT. SAM: WELL I PROMISED MR. BELLS COME RAIN OR SHINE I WILL HAVE IT DONE. MARTIN: YOU’RE A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE SAME! SAM: WELL A PROMISE IS A PROMISE AND COME HELL OR HIGH WATERIT WILL BE DONE!