skunk
臭鼬,黑鬼,白鼬,臭皮匠
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plural skunks, skunk.
- : a small North American mammal, Mephitis mephitis, of the weasel family, having a black coat with a white, V-shaped stripe on the back, and ejecting a fetid odor when alarmed or attacked.
- : any of several related or similar animals.Compare hog-nosed skunk, spotted skunk.
- : Informal. a thoroughly contemptible person.
- : U.S. Navy Slang. an unidentified ship or target.
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- : Slang. to defeat thoroughly in a game, especially while keeping an opponent from scoring: The team skunked the favorites in the crucial game.
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Welcome to Florida, where a skunk ape sighting is just one of a host of crazy events that defined life in the Sunshine State during the 1970s.
The skunk ape also, apparently, prefers hanging out in trees to lumbering around on the ground.
Dave Shealy claims to have seen the ever-elusive skunk ape of Florida legend in 1974.
It smells like skunk, it’s the most pungent thing in the universe.
Despite all the jokes I made about turning into Cruella de Vil or the Bride of Frankenstein, seeing other women’s skunk stripes made mine feel a little less weird.
The army met the stone-throwing with a fecal-smelling concoction called "skunk" and later with tear gas.
So how did this proverbial skunk at the garden party obtain his tickets to the events?
Sheppy had been having an argument with a skunk and there was strong reason—very strong—to suppose that he got the worst of it.
She saw the natural skunk coat she had been planning to give to poor dear Caroline for Christmas.
A fine male antelope was shot by Lieut. Swift, and a skunk was also the game of the day.
"A particular —— skunk," added another in sepulchral accents.
Ef it's that skunk, I'll spot him soon enough and let you know whar he's hiding.