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spunk

英 [spʌŋk] 美

解释

n. 勇气；精神；引火柴；（苏格兰）怒意
vt. 鼓起勇气
vi. （苏格兰）发怒

※ 提供单词"spunk"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

spunk 勇气，胆量

词源不确定，可能鼻音化自 spark,火花，火星。引申比喻义勇气，胆量。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. I admired her independ-ence and her spunk.: 我敬佩她的独立精神和勇气。

2. After his death, the soldier was cited for spunk.: 那位士兵死后因作战勇敢而受到表彰.

3. Show some spunk . Quit pretending you're being abused.: 慷慷慨慨! 甭装可怜虫!

4. I admired her independence and her spunk.: 我敬佩她的独立精神和勇气。

5. In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one spunk.: 在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。