词根拆分联想
拆解为 'co-'(共同) + 'belligerent'(好战的)。想象两只河马(hippo)戴着军帽(象征belligerent)一起啃(co音似'啃')西瓜,表示'共同作战'。
During WWII, the United States and Soviet Union became cobelligerents against Nazi Germany despite their ideological differences. (二战期间,美国和苏联尽管意识形态不同,仍成为对抗纳粹德国的共同作战国。)