skunked

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of skunk form-of,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Intoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs. slang
  2. Having caught no fish at all when on a fishing trip. slang
  3. Having seen no birds at all when on a birding trip. slang
    — It no longer mattered that I had been skunked in the marsh. I had prevailed on the ponds.
  4. Ruined by poor storage or exposure to light.
    — We found some skunked beer in the abandoned cabin, but it was not worth drinking.
  5. Transitioning to a new meaning or usage and potentially controversial.
    — A word is most hotly disputed in the middle part of this process: any use of it is likely to distract some readers. The new use seems illiterate to Group 1; the old use seems odd to Group 2. The word has become “skunked.”

词形变化

more skunked comparative most skunked superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
skunked term unskunked
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