skunk

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black coat with white markings and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure. US
    — The beaſts of offence be Squunckes, Ferrets, Foxes, vvhoſe impudence ſometimes drives them to the good vvives Hen rooſt, to fill their Paunch: ſome of theſe be blacke; their furre is of much eſteeme.
  2. A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture. US
    — In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.
  3. Clipping of skunkweed, type of marijuana. US,abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable
  4. A despicable person. US,dated,derogatory,slang
    — In fact, the term he applied to this species of human being was "skunk," and he used it freely.
  5. Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish. US,countable,uncountable
  6. Anything very bad; a stinker. US,dated,derogatory,slang
    — On the other hand, many critics contend that in terms of literary quality, many of the multiple-storyline books are true skunks.
  7. A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. US,slang
  8. A win by thirty or more points. (A double skunk is sixty or more, a triple skunk ninety or more.) US
动词 v.
  1. To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points. US,slang,transitive
    — I skunked him at cards.
  2. To win by thirty or more points. US
  3. To go bad, to spoil. US,intransitive

词形变化

skunks plural scunck alternative skunks present,singular,third-person skunking participle,present skunked participle,past skunked past scunck alternative skunks plural scunck alternative skunks plural scunck alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
badger skunk big skunk deskunk drunk as a skunk drunker than a skunk hog-nosed skunk hooded skunk hydrophobia skunk knock a skunk off a gut wagon rooter skunk skunk ape skunk at a garden party skunk at the garden party skunkbag skunkball skunkbear skunk bear (Gulo gulo skunkbill skunkbird skunk blackbird skunkbush skunk cabbage) skunk currant skunk dolphin skunked term skunkery skunk grass skunkhead skunkie skunkish skunkless skunklet skunklike skunk pig skunk porpoise skunk pox skunk spruce skunk tail skunk tree skunk turtle skunk up skunkweed skunk-weed skunk works skunkworks skunky spotted skunk stink a skunk off a gut wagon striped skunk
相关词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Algonquian *šek-
Proto-Algonquian *-a·kw-
Proto-Algonquian *-a
Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa
Eastern Algonquianbor.
English skunk
Borrowed from an unattested Southern New England Eastern Algonquian word cognate with Abenaki segôgw (literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago.
词源 2
Blend of skinhead + punk, influenced by the animal (Etymology 1).
词源 3
From skunkweed (“certain highly aromatic marijuana”).
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