skunk的意思|skunk的解释-里氏词典

skunk [skʌŋk]

n. 臭鼬, 臭鼬皮, 讨厌鬼

vt. 使惨败, 欺骗

[法] 卑鄙的人, 下流, 赖帐

skunk

[ noun ]

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

<noun.person>

only a rotter would do that

kill the rat

throw the bum out

you cowardly little pukes!

the British call a contemptible person a `git'

a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

<noun.event>

street names for marijuana

<noun.artifact>

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

<noun.animal>

[ verb ]

defeat by a lurch

<verb.competition>

lurch

Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian)
seganku.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores
of the genus {Mephitis} and allied genera. They have two
glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid,
which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.

Note: The common species of the Eastern United States
({Mephitis mephitica}) is black with more or less white
on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ({Spilogale
putorius}), native of the Southwestern United States
and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is
variously marked with black and white.

{Skunk bird}, {Skunk blackbird} (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink; --
so called because the male, in the breeding season, is
black and white, like a skunk.

{Skunk cabbage} (Bot.), an American aroid herb ({Symplocarpus
f[oe]tidus}) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest
spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves.
It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called {swamp
cabbage}.

{Skunk porpoise}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Porpoise}.

Skunk \Skunk\, v. t.
In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in
cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to
get a king. [Colloq. U. S.]

It isn't something you can take or leave," Marilyn says of the skunk's scent, a spray designed by nature as the animal's first line of defense.
The Rochester Institute of Technology assistant professor believes skunk works may keep team members from the type of interaction necessary for success.
A motorist whose heart was apparently bigger than his nose rescued an injured skunk Saturday but could not find an animal hospital to help, police said.
Another time he had to shove _ from the front, of course _ a skunk stuck in a basement window.
Cavatta said he thinks the skunk may be caught in a trap placed in the crawl space under the building, which contains computer programmers' labs and support services.
People used to call it junk food but I used to call it skunk food," Miller said. "I could catch a skunk on any place, except the Presbyterian church steeple.
People used to call it junk food but I used to call it skunk food," Miller said. "I could catch a skunk on any place, except the Presbyterian church steeple.
Normally, it's a simple matter of setting a box trap outside the hole the skunk is using to get under a building or through a fence. But there are exceptions.
When she entered the bathroom Thursday morning, the skunk was in the tub, and she called the police.
When Ireland advanced his proposition the other day, he said he was left feeling like the skunk at the garden party.
The pet skunk who made headlines and drew hundreds of callers lobbying to save his life was put to death Monday because the man he bit refused to undergo precautionary rabies treatment.
A new organization of skunk lovers says the animals make wonderful pets once their ability to create a stink is removed.
"One time the skunk got stuck.
For instance, it has a "skunk works" in Florida building a radically new computer designed to accept handwriting from an electronic pen.

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