jinx

🇺🇸 /dʒɪŋks/ 🇬🇧 /dʒɪŋks/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
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.

不要談論正在發生的好事,你可能会招致厄運。

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.

球隊認為新加入的球員是個倒霉鬼,因為他加入後球隊一直在輸。

translation

v. 詛咒
n. 災星

詞形變化

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