skunk

英 [skʌŋk]美 [skʌŋk]

n. 臭鼬；臭鼬毛皮；讨厌鬼；卑鄙的人

vt. 使惨败；欺骗

助记提示

1. 臭鼬工厂（英语：Skunk Works）是洛克希德·马丁公司高级开发项目（Advanced Development Programs）的官方认可绰号。

英文词源

skunk (n.)

1630s, squunck, from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Abenaki) seganku, from Proto-Algonquian */šeka:kwa/, from */šek-/ "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

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