Word · Frequency #46065
phrenology
/freˈnɒlədʒi/
noun
颅相学；骨相学
核心释义
a now-discredited study of the shape of the skull as supposed to indicate mental faculties and character
- 1.
颅相学(根据头颅形状判断官能强弱,现已废弃)
a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties
颅相学(根据头颅形状判断官能强弱,现已废弃)；颅相学；[医] 颅相学(一门唯心的学科)
用法In use
In the 19th century, many people believed that phrenology could reveal a person's character.
用法提示：句中'phrenology'作为名词，指代一种已被废弃的学说，即通过头骨形状判断性格。
The museum's exhibit on phrenology explains why it was eventually discredited as a pseudoscience.
用法提示：句中'phrenology'作为名词，作为展览的主题，指代这门过时的学科。
Scientists now reject phrenology because there is no evidence that skull shape correlates with mental abilities.
用法提示：句中'phrenology'作为名词，是动词'reject'的宾语，指代该理论。
phrenology was popular in + period
phrenology 是不可数名词，作主语时谓语用单数，且不加 a/an。
Phrenology was popular in Britain and America in the 1830s.
19世纪30年代，颅相学在英国和美国很流行。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- craniology
- 颅骨学（研究头骨形态与结构的学科） · craniology 是仍在使用的人类学／解剖学分支，只描述头骨的形态结构；phrenology 是已废弃的伪科学，声称能根据头骨形状判断人的性格与官能。凡涉及“按头骨判断性格”，只能用 phrenology。
- phenology
- 物候学（研究动植物季节性现象与气候关系的学科） · phenology 与 phrenology 拼写只差一个字母、读音也接近，但研究对象是生物的季节变化；phrenology 的词根 phren- 指“心智”，讲的是按头骨形状推断官能，二者不可互换。
- psychology
- 心理学 · psychology 是依靠实验与观察研究心理和行为的现代学科；phrenology 是19世纪已被否定的颅相学，仅凭头骨形状推断官能。谈今天的学科用 psychology，谈那段伪科学历史才用 phrenology。
词族Word family
- phrenologist
- 颅相学家 · n.
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
这是不可数名词。通常不加不定冠词a/an，也没有复数形式。
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