skunk
英 [sk??k]
美[sk??k]
- n. 臭鼬；臭鼬毛皮；讨厌鬼；卑鄙的人
- vt. 使惨败；欺骗
GRE畅通词汇
词态变化
复数:?skunks;
助记提示
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英文词源
- skunk (n.)
- 1630s, squunck, from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Abenaki) seganku, from Proto-Algonquian */?eka:kwa/, from */?ek-/ "to urinate" + */-a:kw/ "fox." As an insult, attested from 1841. Skunk cabbage is attested from 1751; earlier skunkweed (1738).
- skunk (v.)
- "to completely defeat (in a game), to shut out from scoring," 1831, from skunk (n.). Related: Skunked; skunking.
双语例句
- 1. That was a rotten thing to do, you skunk!
- 那种事做得太缺德了, 你这卑鄙的家伙!
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The skunk gives off an unpleasant smell when attacked.
- 受到攻击时臭鼬会发出一种难闻的气味.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Let every man skin his own skunk.
- [谚]个人自扫门前雪.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. I don't like to skunk him.
- 我不愿意欺骗他。
来自辞典例句
- 5. How could you cheat your own children, you skunk!
- 你怎麽能欺骗自己的孩子, 你这个坏家伙!
来自辞典例句