英语单词

skunk是什么意思

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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