skunk
英 [sk??k]
美[sk??k]
- n. 臭鼬；臭鼬毛皮；討厭鬼；卑鄙的人
- vt. 使慘敗；欺騙
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?skunks;
助記提示
1. 臭鼬工廠（英語：Skunk Works）是洛克希德·馬丁公司高級開發項目（Advanced Development Programs）的官方認可綽號。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. That was a rotten thing to do, you skunk!
- 那種事做得太缺德了, 你這卑鄙的家伙!
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The skunk gives off an unpleasant smell when attacked.
- 受到攻擊時臭鼬會發出一種難聞的氣味.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Let every man skin his own skunk.
- [諺]個人自掃門前雪.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. I don't like to skunk him.
- 我不愿意欺騙他。
來自辭典例句
- 5. How could you cheat your own children, you skunk!
- 你怎麼能欺騙自己的孩子, 你這個壞家伙!
來自辭典例句