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Spunk Sense N Spʌ6k 勇气,胆量 英 N.勇气,胆量 Mettle

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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