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

• Muck hall: the farm with the jinx, with the legend of ruin and defeat.
  穆克霍尔：横遭厄运、带有毁灭和失败传奇的农场。
• When Bradley Wiggins goes for gold tomorrow afternoon in the men's cycling time trial the Tour de France champion could be forgiven for checking the crowd nervously for the face of the prime minister, who is starting to get a reputation as a bit of a jinx.
  如果环法自行车赛冠军布拉德利威金斯在争夺男子公路自行车个人计时赛的赛场上，紧张地环顾人群，看首相卡梅伦有没有来观战，那我们一定要原谅他，因为卡梅伦首相已开始被誉为奥运扫帚星。
• 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。
• He was beginning to think he was a jinx.
  他开始认为自己是个倒霉蛋。
• Don't jinx it! The game is not over yet.
  话别说得太早！比赛还没结束呢。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。