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skunk
- IPA[skəNGk]
美式
- a cat-sized American mammal of the weasel family, with distinctive black-and-white striped fur. When threatened it squirts a fine spray of foul-smelling irritant liquid from its anal glands towards its attacker.;the fur of the skunk.
- defeat (someone) overwhelmingly in a game or contest, especially by preventing them from scoring at all;fail to pay (a bill or creditor)
verb: skunk, 3rd person present: skunks, gerund or present participle: skunking, past tense: skunked, past participle: skunked
noun: skunk, plural noun: skunks
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a cat-sized American mammal of the weasel family, with distinctive black-and-white striped fur. When threatened it squirts a fine spray of foul-smelling irritant liquid from its anal glands towards its attacker.
- ▪ the fur of the skunk.
- 2. informal, derogatory a contemptible person he'd run up a massive phone bill and hadn't paid—the skunk
- 3. informal short for skunkweed
動詞
- 1. North American informal defeat (someone) overwhelmingly in a game or contest, especially by preventing them from scoring at all I knew he was a good fisherman, but I didn't expect him to skunk you
- 2. North American informal, dated fail to pay (a bill or creditor) he made a practice of skunking hotels