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

• A few years back, Si went looking forstatistical proof or disproof of the jinx.
  早在几年之前，SI便开始为《体育画报》的厄运寻找统计证据或者反证。
• I think they turned me into a jinx.
  我认为它们把我带进了一个诅咒当中。
• Doesn't he know that army is a jinx?
  难道他不知军队是不祥之物吗？
• Shes said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.
  有人说那个女人是个扫帚星，谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。
• 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。
• Eg: I think this watch is a jinx to me.
  看来这块手表给我带来坏运气。
• If I tell you, it'll jinx it.
  如果现在我告诉你，就不灵了。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.
  我看这辆汽车是闹鬼了。
• 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。