Word
yucky
令人讨厌的；难以下咽的
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- 1.
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
极具冒犯性；引起厌恶或反感
极具冒犯性；引起厌恶或反感；令人讨厌的；难以下咽的
In use
This soup tastes yucky; I think I put in too much salt.
The kids refuse to eat their vegetables because they say the texture is yucky.
I cleaned the fridge and threw out all the yucky leftovers from last week.
be yucky
The food is yucky.
这食物令人讨厌。
find + noun + yucky
I find this smell yucky.
我觉得这气味令人作呕。
taste/look/smell yucky
常用于描述感官体验。
This medicine tastes yucky.
这药味道难以下咽。
Common mistakes
I don't like this yucky.I don't like this yucky food.
错误：将形容词“yucky”误用作名词。改正：保留形容词，修饰名词“food”，构成“yucky food”意为“难吃的食物”。
This tastes yuck.This tastes yucky.
错误：混淆感叹词“yuck”与形容词“yucky”。改正：作表语应用形容词“yucky”，表示“味道令人厌恶”。
Connections
Collocations
- yucky food
- 难吃的食物
- I don't want to eat that yucky food.我不想吃那种难吃的食物。
- yucky taste
- 恶心的味道
- The medicine left a yucky taste in my mouth.药在我嘴里留下了一股恶心的味道。
- yucky smell
- 难闻的气味
- There was a yucky smell coming from the trash can.垃圾桶里传来一股难闻的气味。
- yucky feeling
- 不舒服的感觉
- After the roller coaster, I had a yucky feeling in my stomach.坐了过山车后，我胃里很不舒服。
- yucky stuff
- 恶心的东西
- Clean up that yucky stuff off the floor.把地上那些恶心的东西清理干净。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
听到yucky的发音像'呀咳'，仿佛吃到难吃的东西时发出厌恶的咳嗽声，记住它表示令人恶心、讨厌的。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、children's speech、describing food or smells as unpleasant yucky 是非正式、口语化的形容词，通常用于日常对话或儿童话语，多用来形容食物、气味等令人恶心或讨厌，正式写作和严肃场合中较少出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以 -ucky 结尾的词（如 lucky、plucky、mucky）与 yucky 押韵，重读元音 /ʌ/ 及后续 /ki/ 相同。注意形似词 funky /ˈfʌŋki/ 和 hockey /ˈhɒki/ 虽然都带有 -ky，但元音不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.