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put the whammy on

/hwam-ee, wam-ee/US // ˈʰwæm i, ˈwæm i //UK // (ˈwæmɪ) //

敲打敲打,敲锣打鼓,敲打一下,敲锣打鼓的

Related Words

hex六角,六分之一,六位数,十六进制hocus-pocus变戏法,骗人,骗人的东西,骗局curse诅咒,咒语,咒骂,咒诅magic魔术,魔法,魔力,魔幻abracadabra罡风,胡言乱语,罡气,胡言乱语的人charm魅力,魅力四射,迷人的魅力,魅力无穷voodoo巫毒,巫毒症,巫术,巫毒术jinx扫把星,扫帚星,乌鸦嘴,忌讳conjuration变形术,魔术,变形,变身evil eye邪恶的眼睛,邪恶之眼,恶魔之眼,恶毒的眼睛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wham·mies.Informal.

    • : the evil eye; jinx.
    • : bad luck or misfortune.
    • : a devastating blow, setback, or catastrophe: The drought and the high price of fertilizer are a double whammy to farmers.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbewitch
Synonyms
beguile乞讨,乞求,乞怜,乞讨者captivate迷人的,迷住了,吸引人,诱人dazzle炫目,耀眼的光芒,炫目的,炫耀enchant迷惑,魅力,迷住,魅力四射enrapture醉翁之意不在酒,迷恋,醉人,醉心于enthrall使人着迷,迷惑,吸引人,迷住fascinate迷住了,迷住,使人着迷的,使人着迷hypnotize催眠,催眠术,催眠作用,催眠作用的allure诱惑,诱惑力,魅力,魅惑attract吸引,吸引人,吸引力,吸引人的bedevil祸害,祸起萧墙,祸患,祸不单行capture捕获,捕捉,抓住,采集control控制,管制,控制权,操控draw绘制,画画,画,抽奖entrance入口处,入口,入口处的,入口处的情况hex六角,六分之一,六位数,十六进制send发送,送,发出,送出slay杀死,杀人,杀戮,杀人犯spell咒语,拼写,咒骂,拼字spellbind咒语,咒诅,迷魂阵,魔咒take采纳,采纳了tickle痒痒,搔痒,发痒,挠痒痒trick诀窍,窍门,骗局,诡计vamp踩踏,踩踏事件,踩点,踩踏声voodoo巫毒,巫毒症,巫术,巫毒术wow哇,哇哦,哇塞knock dead敲死,撞死,敲死人,敲死了knock out淘汰,淘汰赛,击倒,淘汰出局put horns on装上喇叭,戴上喇叭,戴上帽子,戴上角put under magic spell中了魔咒,被施以魔咒,被施了魔法,被施以魔法sweep off one's feet扫地出门,扫地,扫荡,扫地机器人tickle pink痒痒粉,痒痒的粉红色,痒痒粉红,痒痒粉红色tickle to death痒死了,痒死,痒死人,痒死人了turn on开启,打开,开通,开启了wile踌躇满志,诡计,狡猾,狡猾的

Examples

  • In a one-two punch, a malaria vaccine in development pairs a shot of the live parasite that causes the disease with a whammy of infection-fighting drugs to immediately quell it.

  • Nepal is facing a double whammy of disastrous infection rates and depleting vaccine stocks.

  • California’s kelp forests, which provide a rich habitat for marine organisms, got hit by a double whammy of ecological disasters in the past decade, says UC Santa Cruz ecologist Mark Carr.

  • This week, I was dealing with the double whammy of having just returned home after some time away to a mostly empty fridge.

  • I love being able to sing for my job and it’s my passion too, so it’s a double whammy.

  • Who can forget in 2012 the double whammy of GOP Senate candidates comments about rape?

  • “The double whammy of those two set me on a course of thinking about issues I had never done before,” Sherwood told the Times.

  • For stores like Walmart, which sells groceries and other goods to the same customers, the food-stamp cut will be a double-whammy.

  • Why new cuts will be a double whammy for Bentonville—and anyone with a mutual fund.

  • This “double whammy” of predation and competition enables jellyfish to cripple a food chain by essentially nibbling at its ankles.

  • This time they ain't none of them screwy Venusians to put the whammy on him, and he's doing okay.

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