jinx

英 [dʒɪŋks]

美 [dʒɪŋks]

n.  厄运; 霉运; 不祥之人(或物)
v.  <非正>把厄运带给，使倒霉

过去分词：jinxed　过去式：jinxed　现在分词：jinxing　第三人称单数：jinxes　

BNC.34144 / COCA.29258

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 倒霉蛋；扫把星；不祥的人（或物）
  You can call something or someone that is considered to be unlucky or to bring bad luck ajinx.
  1. He was beginning to think he was a jinx.
     他开始认为自己是个倒霉蛋。

英英释义

noun

• an evil spell
  1. a witch put a curse on his whole family
  2. he put the whammy on me
  Synonym:hexcursewhammy
• a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
  Synonym:jonah

verb

• foredoom to failure
  1. This project is jinxed!
• cast a spell over someone or something
  Synonym:hexbewitchglamourwitchenchant

双语例句

• Don't jinx it! The game is not over yet.
  话别说得太早！比赛还没结束呢。
• Some people think the year of goat is a jinx.
  有人说羊年不吉利。
• Eg. it was as if there were a jinx on her whole vacation.
  她整个假期过得糟糕透顶，像是有鬼附身似的。
• He was beginning to think he was a jinx.
  他开始认为自己是个倒霉蛋。
• The trip jinx doesn't stop movement so much as interfere with it.
  绊腿咒并不阻碍运动，而是干扰运动。
• One way to jinx someone is to say something unlucky, like you just said.
  你刚才说：You'lljinxme，意思是你认为我说“这次你可别考砸了”，这句话不吉利，会让你倒霉。
• The triumph, in the only sport that matters to most Kiwis, ended a24-year jinx that had seen the All Blacks fail to lift the trophy since the first tournament in1987.
  自从1987年第一次夺冠以来，24年来新西兰队一直与冠军无缘，因此此次夺冠可以说对所有新西兰人来说都是意义重大的。
• She's said to be a jinx.
  有人说她是扫帚星。
• Doesn't he know that army is a jinx?
  难道他不知军队是不祥之物吗？
• She is a jinx, every time I met her I lost money.
  她是个倒运鬼，我每次碰见她都要输钱的。