jinx

🇺🇸 /dʒɪŋks/ 🇬🇧 /dʒɪŋks/
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verb
R

To cause something bad to happen, often by saying something positive about it.

Don't talk about the good things happening, you might jinx it.

不要谈论正在发生的好事,你可能会招致厄运。

noun
R

A person or thing believed to bring bad luck.

The team thinks the new player is a jinx because they've been losing since he joined.

球队认为新加入的球员是个倒霉鬼,因为他加入后球队一直在输。

translation

v. 诅咒
n. 灾星

词形变化

3rd Present jinxes
Past jinxed
Perfect jinxed
Progressive jinxing
Plural jinxes