• n. 厄運(yùn)；不祥的人或事物
• vt. 使倒霉；給…帶來厄運(yùn)

可能來自拉丁語iynx,歪脖子鳥。這種鳥脖子能180度旋轉(zhuǎn)，并發(fā)出蛇一樣的咝咝聲，在古代用于巫術(shù)占卜，下咒，引申詞義霉運(yùn)，厄運(yùn)。

jinx (n.)

1911, American English, originally baseball slang; perhaps ultimately from jyng "a charm, a spell" (17c.), originally "wryneck," a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from Latin iynx "wryneck," from Greek iynx.

Most mysterious of all in the psychics of baseball is the "jinx," that peculiar "hoodoo" which affects, at times, a man, at other times a whole team. Let a man begin to think that there is a "jinx" about, and he is done for for the time being. ["Technical World Magazine," 1911]

The verb is 1912 in American English, from the noun. Related: Jinxed; jinxing.

1. He was beginning to think he was a jinx.

他開始認(rèn)為自己是個(gè)倒霉蛋。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.

我看這輛汽車是災(zāi)星。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. The injury jinx has struck Real Madrid.

隊(duì)員受傷的厄運(yùn)降臨到皇家馬德里隊(duì)的頭上.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. I'm sure there's a jinx on this car.

我確信這輛轎車帶來厄運(yùn).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The team seems to have shaken off the jinx that's been dogging them for months.

這支隊(duì)伍好像已經(jīng)擺脫了數(shù)月來一直纏著他們的厄運(yùn).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》