Word · Frequency #27835
skunks
/skʌŋk/
noun
卑鄙的人;可鄙的人
skunks is the plural of skunk.
a person regarded as despicable or contemptible
- 1.
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
被认为卑鄙或可鄙的人
- 2.
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
比赛中一方未得分的失败
- 3.
street names for marijuana
大麻的街头名称
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
In use
The new manager is such a skunk that nobody wants to work with him.
In the movie, the villain is a skunk who cheats old people out of their savings.
That skunk spread rumors about me just to win the promotion.
Connections
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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- as drunk as a skunk
- 烂醉如泥He came home as drunk as a skunk.他回家时烂醉如泥。
- skunk works
- 秘密研发团队;黑科技项目The company's skunk works developed the new stealth technology.公司的秘密研发团队开发了新的隐身技术。
Learner notes
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。
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。
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。
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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