Word · Frequency #27835
skulled
/skʌŋk/
verb
彻底打败;使对手得零分
skulled is the past of skunk (irregular).
to defeat someone decisively, especially by keeping them from scoring any points
- 1.
defeat by a lurch
彻底击败
彻底击败;使惨败;欺骗
In use
Our school team skunked the visitors 5–0 in the semifinal yesterday.
She skunks everyone at Scrabble because she knows so many rare words.
The defending champions were skunked in the final, losing every set.
Verb forms
base skunk · third person skunks · -ing skulling · past skulled · past participle skunked
动词skunk的过去式与过去分词形式不一致,为不规则变化。
Connections
Collocations
- skunk the opposition
- 彻底击败对手
- The home team skunked the opposition 5–0.主队以5比0彻底击败对手。
- get skunked
- 被剃光头;惨败
- Our team got skunked in the final.我们队在决赛中被剃了光头。
- be skunked by
- 被……彻底击败
- They were skunked by the defending champions.他们被卫冕冠军彻底击败。
Idioms & figurative uses
- drunk as a skunk
- 烂醉如泥He came home from the bar as drunk as a skunk.他从酒吧回家时烂醉如泥。
- skunk at the garden party
- 大煞风景的人;扫兴的人Please don't be a skunk at the garden party by bringing up work.请别在花园派对上谈起工作,免得大煞风景。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 skunk 想成臭鼬:它一放屁,对手被熏得彻底败退,记住“彻底击败”之意。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:sports、games 动词 skunk 通常用于口语或非正式场合,多出现在体育比赛、棋牌游戏等对抗情境中,意思是彻底击败对方。在正式文体中比较少见。
Grammar Note
及物动词,表示使惨败或欺骗。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with skunk: the stressed vowel and following sounds are /ʌŋk/. Beware lookalikes like skull (/skʌl/) and skulk (/skʌlk/), which share the sku- spelling but sound different.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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