spunk
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英 [sp??k]
美
- n. 勇氣；精神；引火柴；（蘇格蘭）怒意
- vt. 鼓起勇氣
- vi. （蘇格蘭）發怒
暢通詞匯GRE
中文詞源
spunk 勇氣，膽量
詞源不確定，可能鼻音化自 spark,火花，火星。引申比喻義勇氣，膽量。
英文詞源
- spunk (n.)
- 1530s, "a spark," Scottish, from Gaelic spong "tinder, pith, sponge," from Latin spongia (see sponge (n.)). The sense of "courage, pluck, mettle" is first attested 1773. A similar sense evolution took place in cognate Irish sponnc "sponge, tinder, spark; courage, spunk." Vulgar slang sense of "seminal fluid" is recorded from c. 1888.
雙語例句
- 1. I admired her independ-ence and her spunk.
- 我敬佩她的獨立精神和勇氣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. After his death, the soldier was cited for spunk.
- 那位士兵死后因作戰勇敢而受到表彰.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Show some spunk . Quit pretending you're being abused.
- 慷慷慨慨! 甭裝可憐蟲!
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. I admired her independence and her spunk.
- 我敬佩她的獨立精神和勇氣。
來自辭典例句
- 5. In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one spunk.
- 在人體生殖過程中，一個精子使一個卵子受精。
來自辭典例句