whammy
英 ['wæmɪ]
美['wæmi]
- n. 晦气；剧烈的打击
词态变化
复数: whammies;
中文词源
whammy 晦气
来自wham,击，打，砰的声音，引申义晦气的。同时见短语double whammy,来自儿童漫画，“shoot a whammy”就是给某人下咒，double whammy就是下两个咒。
英英释意
- 1. a serious or devastating setback
- 2. an evil spell;
- "a witch put a curse on his whole family"
- "he put the whammy on me"
英文词源
- whammy (n.)
- often double whammy, "hex, evil eye," 1932, of unknown origin, popularized 1941 in Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l Abner," where it was the specialty of Evil-Eye Fleegle.
实用场景例句
- We're suffering a triple whammy at the moment.
- 我们目前正遭受到了接二连三的打击。
柯林斯例句
- This double - whammy drives prices in a direction unfavourable to the customer.
- 这种双重打击导致了不利于顾客的价格.
互联网
- He put the whammy on me.
- 他咒我交霉运.
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- Mary lost her car yesterday and her job today a real double whammy.
- 玛丽昨天丢车,今天丢工作,真是祸不单行.
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