skunk
Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and Central…Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black coat with white markings and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
» Tom is drunk as a skunk.
Том в стельку пьян.
Значение
значений: 7(США)Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black coat with white markings and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
(США, устаревшее, пренебрежительное, сленг)A despicable person.
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a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
(США, устаревшее, пренебрежительное, сленг)Anything very bad; a stinker.
(США, сленг)A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score.
(США)A win by thirty or more points. (A double skunk is sixty or more, a triple skunk ninety or more.)
(США)A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged […] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers […]
(США, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
Примеры
предложений: 61Tom is drunk as a skunk.
Том в стельку пьян.
Tom got sprayed by a skunk.
Тома обрызгал скунс.
Tom was drunk as a skunk.
Том был пьян как свинья.
I swerved to avoid hitting a skunk.
Я свернул, чтобы не задеть скунса.
The last time I saw Tom he was as drunk as a skunk.
Когда я последний раз видела Тома, он был пьян вдрыбаган.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
Borrowed from an unattested Southern New England Eastern Algonquian word cognate with AbenBorrowed from an unattested Southern New England Eastern Algonquian word cognate with Abenaki segôgw (literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago.
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From skunkweed (“certain highly aromatic marijuana”).
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Формы
мн. число: skunksСинонимы
синонимов: 27- American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae:polecatwood pussy
- a defeat in a game where one side fails to score:shutout
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible:rotterdirty dogratstinkerstinkpotbumpukecrumb
- street names for marijuana:potgrassgreen goddessdopeweedgagesesssens