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

• If that jinx was not allowed to have a hand in the deal, the Business wouldn't turn out to be such a mess.
  如果不是那个扫帚星插一手，这笔生意也不至于搞的这样糟。
• There must be a jinx on this house. everything's always in a mess.
  这房子一定招了鬼了，什么事都一团糟。
• Has had a jinx on it.
  已经带来了坏运气。
• 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？
• If I tell you, it'll jinx it.
  如果现在我告诉你，就不灵了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't jinx it! We'd be better off with a ghost.
  不要说不吉利的话，我们最好不要碰上鬼。