be a jinx
作名词时常用作表语，指被认为带来厄运的人或物。
Everyone says that black cat is a jinx.
大家都说那只黑猫是个不祥之物。
扫把星；带来厄运的人或事物
诅咒；咒语；诅咒；邪恶的咒语；被认为带来厄运的人或物；不祥物；厄运
A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck.
诅咒；邪恶的咒语
A hex; an evil spell.
被认为带来厄运的人或物
A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
Having a black cat cross your path is considered a jinx in many cultures.
在许多文化中，黑猫从你面前穿过被认为是厄运的象征。
用法提示：此处 jinx 作名词，意为带来厄运的事物或预兆。
He believed that the old mirror was a jinx, so he refused to keep it in his house.
他相信那面旧镜子会带来厄运，所以拒绝把它留在家里。
用法提示：jinx 作名词，指被视为不祥之物的具体物品。
The team's losing streak started after that superstition; they thought it was a jinx.
球队的连败始于那次迷信事件；他们认为那是一种厄运。
用法提示：jinx 作名词，指导致连续失败的不祥因素。
作名词时常用作表语，指被认为带来厄运的人或物。
Everyone says that black cat is a jinx.
大家都说那只黑猫是个不祥之物。
表示“对某人或某物施咒、使其倒霉”，介词 on 后接对象。
She joked that someone had put a jinx on the team.
她开玩笑说有人给这支队伍下了咒。
用 there be 结构加 on，表示某事物像是被诅咒了一样。
There seems to be a jinx on this project.
这个项目好像中了邪，总是不顺。
表示打破厄运、结束接连失败的局面。
The team finally broke the jinx by winning at home.
球队终于在主场获胜，打破了魔咒。
grammar · medium
易错句子Everyone says Tom is jinx.
正确表达Everyone says Tom is a jinx.
jinx 是可数名词，作单数指“带来厄运的人”时前面必须加不定冠词 a。汉语名词没有冠词这一范畴，学习者容易把系动词后的表语名词光着放，漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子Two jinxs were blamed for the loss.
正确表达Two jinxes were blamed for the loss.
以 -x 结尾的可数名词变复数要加 -es（jinx → jinxes），与 box、fox 同类；只加 -s 拼写不成立。
grammar · medium
易错句子She put a jinx to the whole team.
正确表达She put a jinx on the whole team.
表示“对某人/某队下咒”用固定搭配 put a jinx on somebody，介词是 on；汉语“给某人……”容易迁移成 to，但 to 在此不表示施加对象。
hex 强调施魔法用的咒语本身，常见于美式民俗魔法语境；jinx 更常指带来厄运的人或物，语气可轻可玩笑。
curse 指恶毒的诅咒或长期祸害，语气重；jinx 多指具体的“扫把星”式人或物，或较轻的不祥。
spell 泛指魔法咒语或念咒，不必然与厄运相连；jinx 总与坏运气有关。
jinx + -ed
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