| 单词 | skunk |
| 释义 | skunk /skungk/, n. , pl. skunks, (esp. collectively) skunk, v. n. 1. a small North American mammal, Mephitis mephitis, of the weasel family, having a black coat with a white, V-shaped stripe on the back, and ejecting a fetid odor when alarmed or attacked. 2. any of several related or similar animals. Cf. hog-nosed skunk, spotted skunk. 3. Informal. a thoroughly contemptible person. 4. U.S. Navy Slang. an unidentified ship or target. v.t. 5. Slang. to defeat thoroughly in a game, esp. while keeping an opponent from scoring: The team skunked the favorites in the crucial game. [1625-35, Amer.; < the Massachusett reflex of Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa (deriv. of *šek- urinate + -a·kw fox, foxlike animal] |
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