| 单词 | spunk |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [spʌ6k] |
| 解释 | n. 勇气,胆量 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.勇气,胆量 (mettle, pluck) 【例】 She got her spunk up and left the country.(她鼓起勇气 ,离开了这个国家) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 勇气 = pluck 【记】源于: pluck(n 勇气; v 拔毛) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】死 punch ch=k 用拳头死命猛击猛打,功夫片电影中能打的人很有勇气胆量;s + punk 庞克,庞克是年轻小混混,什么都敢干,胆大 【相关】pluck 勇气,拔毛; |
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