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

• There smms to be a jinx on our team because we always lose.
  我们队上似乎有个扫帚星，因为我们总是输。
• Don't jinx it! The game is not over yet.
  话别说得太早！比赛还没结束呢。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.
  我看这辆汽车是闹鬼了。
• I am jinxing you!
  我又不信jinx这一套！我只是希望你这次别考砸了。
• Doesn't he know that army is a jinx?
  难道他不知军队是不祥之物吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• Eg: I think this watch is a jinx to me.
  看来这块手表给我带来坏运气。
• 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。
• 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。