spunk

英 [spʌŋk]

美 [spʌŋk]

n.  勇气; 胆量; 决心; 性感的人

现在分词：spunking　

GRE

BNC.39214 / COCA.27451

牛津词典

noun

• 勇气；胆量；决心
  courage; determination
• 勇气；胆量；决心
  courage; determination
• 性感的人
  a sexually attractive person

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 勇气;胆量
  Spunkis courage.
  1. I admired her independence and her spunk.
     我敬佩她的独立精神和勇气。

英英释义

noun

• the courage to carry on
  1. he kept fighting on pure spunk
  2. you haven't got the heart for baseball
  Synonym:heartmettlenerve
• material for starting a fire
  Synonym:kindlingtindertouchwoodpunk

双语例句

• Those kids had spunk who hiked through the forest in the dark.
  那些黑夜里走过森林的孩子胆子真大。
• People remembering her said they were inspired by her spirit and spunk; by her choice to live simply in her small home, the way she wanted.
  人们都惦记并怀念着她，因为她的精神与坚定；她喜欢在这栋小房子之中过疏远名利的生活，这是她喜欢并选择的简单生活方式。
• You will have a childlike approach this week, big hearted and full of spunk.
  本周你有孩童般的心，博爱，精力充沛。
• Show some spunk. Quit pretending you're being abused.
  慷慷慨慨！甭装可怜虫！
• While the first puppy that comes bounding over may seem full of spunk, he may prove to be a difficult pet.
  虽然第一只活泼地跑过来的那条也许似乎充满活力，可是它也许是一只难对付的宠物。
• Until now, a Sandra Bullock film often turned on spunk or rue.
  桑德拉？布洛克以前饰演的影片常常表现出勇气或悲伤的主题。
• In human reproduction, one female egg is usually fertilized by one spunk.
  在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。
• It's almost like Americans have the trademark on that "toughness" and no one born outside our borders could possibly have the backbone, nerve or spunk to bang with a monster like Dwight Howard.
  意思几乎就是说所有美国本土的球员天生就有那“强硬”的商标，而在美利坚外出生的球员就没可能有那种与像魔兽霍华德猛撞的脊柱，胆量和决心。
• But he was a nice boy and he had spunk.
  他很和善又有「胆识」
• You've got spunk, wolfhouse. I'll give you that.
  你真够倒霉的万夫豪斯，让我输些钱吧。