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

• 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。
• I don't want to jinx myself, but it'd be nice to score again.
  这2个球不一样，但我都很高兴。希望能再次进球。
• The only jinx that follows anyone is a fear thought repeated over and over in the mind.
  唯一尾随你的噩运只是你意识中不断重复的一种畏惧的想法。
• The jinx hit the middle Death Eater in the chest: For a moment the man was absurdly spread-eagled in midair as though he had hit an invisible barrier: One of his fellows almost collided with him
  魔咒击中了中间那个食死徒的胸口，顿时，那人怪模怪样地张开四肢悬在空中，就像撞上了一道看不见的屏障，他的一个伙伴差点撞在他身上
• 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。
• Some people think the year of goat is a jinx.
  有人说羊年不吉利。
• 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。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.
  我看这辆汽车是闹鬼了。
• 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。
• 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。