a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties
phrenology 片语
片语
cranioscopy颅相学;[医] 颅检查术
phrenology 例句
英汉例句
Though absurdly unscientific even for its time, phrenology was remarkably prescient - up to a point.
尽管颅相学在当时显得不符合科学原理,是荒谬的,在某种程度上,颅相学仍是非常有先见性的。
Craniology, phrenology and eugenics, once-respectable fields of endeavour that are now regarded with a shudder, may shriek from time to time, but few sane people pay attention to them.