spunk
英 [sp??k]
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