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单词 jonah
释义 jo·nah
I. \ˈjōnə\ noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized J
Etymology: after Jonah, Old Testament prophet who by disobeying God's command caused a storm to endanger the ship he was traveling in (Jon 1:4 ff), from Hebrew Yōnāh
: one believed to bring bad luck or misfortune
 < perhaps I was the Jonah — at least I was the thirteenth man — Arthur Langford >
 < her left foot was her Jonah; nothing had ever happened to her right foot — John Hersey >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: often capitalized J
: to bring bad luck to : jinx
 < ordered the boy on shore again, accusing him of wanting to jonah the whole trip — Youth's Companion >
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