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scunner

/skuhn-er/US // ˈskʌn ər //UK // (ˈskʌnə, Scottish ˈskʌnər) dialect, mainly Scot //

猎手,猎头公司,猎头,猎鹰

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an irrational dislike; loathing: She took a scunner to him.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Scot. and North England. to feel or show violent disgust, especially to flinch, blanch, or gag.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Scot. and North England. to disgust; nauseate.

Examples

  • Was it possible that Timmy had a "scunner" against poor little Enid Crofton?

  • But she had what the Scotch call a 'scunner' against me when I was a boy.

  • "So I would if it weren't that I've a kind of a scunner of those black bog-holes," Bale said.

  • When the three walked out together, they made a scunner run through the colony o' Larut.

  • In these days I would scunner at the very word, if you know what that means, M. Montaiglon.

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