skunk
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 臭鼬，臭鼬皮，讨厌鬼
- vt.
- 使惨败，欺骗
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←alg-eas
- 源自 ←alg-pro *šeka·kwa
词源说明
Borrowed 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.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- 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.
- (slang, derogatory, dated) A despicable person.
- (slang, derogatory, dated) Anything very bad; a stinker