spunk

英 [spʌŋk] 美
  • n. 勇气;精神;引火柴;(苏格兰)怒意
  • vt. 鼓起勇气
  • vi. (苏格兰)发怒

畅通词汇GRE

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.

双语例句


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

来自柯林斯例句

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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

来自辞典例句

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。

来自辞典例句