jinx
英[d???ks]
美[d???ks]
- n. 厄運(yùn)；不祥的人或事物
- vt. 使倒霉；給…帶來(lái)厄運(yùn)
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?jinxes;
中文詞源
jinx 霉運(yùn)，厄運(yùn)
可能來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)iynx,歪脖子鳥(niǎo)。這種鳥(niǎo)脖子能180度旋轉(zhuǎn)，并發(fā)出蛇一樣的咝咝聲，在古代用于巫術(shù)占卜，下咒，引申詞義霉運(yùn)，厄運(yùn)。
英文詞源
- jinx (n.)
- 1911, American English, originally baseball slang; perhaps ultimately from jyng "a charm, a spell" (17c.), originally "wryneck," a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from Latin iynx "wryneck," from Greek iynx.
Most mysterious of all in the psychics of baseball is the "jinx," that peculiar "hoodoo" which affects, at times, a man, at other times a whole team. Let a man begin to think that there is a "jinx" about, and he is done for for the time being. ["Technical World Magazine," 1911]
The verb is 1912 in American English, from the noun. Related: Jinxed; jinxing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He was beginning to think he was a jinx.
- 他開(kāi)始認(rèn)為自己是個(gè)倒霉蛋。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.
- 我看這輛汽車(chē)是災(zāi)星。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The injury jinx has struck Real Madrid.
- 隊(duì)員受傷的厄運(yùn)降臨到皇家馬德里隊(duì)的頭上.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. I'm sure there's a jinx on this car.
- 我確信這輛轎車(chē)帶來(lái)厄運(yùn).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. The team seems to have shaken off the jinx that's been dogging them for months.
- 這支隊(duì)伍好像已經(jīng)擺脫了數(shù)月來(lái)一直纏著他們的厄運(yùn).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》