The refusal to sit down in a relaxed posture when in the presence of those not trusted. Hair up at the back of the neck, and not wanting the enemy to one's back.

当在不信任的人面前时拒绝坐下来处在一个放松的姿势中，脖子后面头发竖起，还有不想让敌人在你后面。

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When 6-foot-9, 275-pound freshman Dajuan Coleman strolled into a session near the end of the regular season, Hopkins reached up and wrapped an arm around Coleman's neck and asked him to tell him one thing he had learned that day in class.

WSJ: Syracuse's Mike Hopkins never stops learning