spunk

• n. 勇气；精神；引火柴；（苏格兰）怒意
• vt. 鼓起勇气
• vi. （苏格兰）发怒

词源不确定，可能鼻音化自 spark,火花，火星。引申比喻义勇气，胆量。

spunk (n.)

1530s, "a spark," Scottish, from Gaelic spong "tinder, pith, sponge," from Latin spongia (see sponge (n.)). The sense of "courage, pluck, mettle" is first attested 1773. A similar sense evolution took place in cognate Irish sponnc "sponge, tinder, spark; courage, spunk." Vulgar slang sense of "seminal fluid" is recorded from c. 1888.

1. I admired her independ-ence and her spunk.

我敬佩她的独立精神和勇气。

来自柯林斯例句

2. After his death, the soldier was cited for spunk.

那位士兵死后因作战勇敢而受到表彰.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Show some spunk . Quit pretending you're being abused.

慷慷慨慨! 甭装可怜虫!

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. I admired her independence and her spunk.

我敬佩她的独立精神和勇气。

来自辞典例句

5. 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。

来自辞典例句