Word · Frequency #27835
skunk
卑鄙的人;可鄙的人
核心释义
a person regarded as despicable or contemptible
- 1.
被认为卑鄙或可鄙的人
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- 2.
比赛中一方未得分的失败
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
- 3.
大麻的街头名称
street names for marijuana
大麻(俚语);零封;剃光头;被认为卑鄙或可鄙的人;比赛中一方未得分的失败;大麻的街头名称
用法In use
The new manager is such a skunk that nobody wants to work with him.
用法提示:这里 'skunk' 为名词,指卑鄙可鄙的人。
In the movie, the villain is a skunk who cheats old people out of their savings.
用法提示:这里 'skunk' 为名词,作表语,指卑鄙的人。
That skunk spread rumors about me just to win the promotion.
用法提示:这里 'skunk' 为名词,作主语,指卑鄙的人。
call sb a skunk
用 skunk 贬称某人时,强调其行为卑鄙、令人不齿。
She called him a skunk for breaking his promise.
因为他背弃承诺,她骂他是个卑鄙小人。
sb is a skunk
作可数名词,复数形式为 skunks;语气强烈,带侮辱性。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- dirty skunk
- 卑鄙小人;可鄙的家伙
- That dirty skunk stole money from his own grandmother.那个卑鄙小人偷了他亲祖母的钱。
- suffer a skunk
- (比赛中)被剃光头;一分未得地输掉
- The hometown team suffered a skunk in the season opener.主队在新赛季揭幕战中被剃了光头。
- skunk weed
- 大麻;强效大麻(毒品俚语)
- The police found skunk weed hidden in the trunk.警方在汽车后备箱里发现了藏匿的大麻。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- as drunk as a skunk
- 烂醉如泥
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
臭鼬喷出臭液,让人鄙夷:称人skunk即骂其卑鄙;比赛零分落败也像被臭鼬喷中,羞耻无比。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:casual conversation、sports commentary、street slang 作名词时,三个义项都属于非正式用法:指“卑鄙的人”时带贬义,多用于日常口语;指“零封/剃光头”时用于体育口语;指“大麻”时是街头俚语。因此整体偏向非正式场合,正式写作中一般不用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都和 skunk 押韵:junk、chunk、trunk、monk、punk、bunk,重读元音和尾音都是 /ʌŋk/。注意 monk 拼写是 -onk,但发音仍然押韵。要小心形似词 skulk /skʌlk/ 和 skull /skʌl/,它们拼写相近,但发音并不押韵。
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