spunk

spunk

英 [spʌŋk]
　　美

n. 勇氣；精神；引火柴；（蘇格蘭）怒意
　　vt. 鼓起勇氣
　　vi. （蘇格蘭）發怒

中文詞源：

spunk 勇氣，膽量

詞源不確定，可能鼻音化自 spark,火花，火星。引申比喻義勇氣，膽量。

例句：

1. I admired her independ-ence and her spunk.
我敬佩她的獨立精神和勇氣。

2. After his death, the soldier was cited for spunk.
那位士兵死後因作戰勇敢而受到表彰.

3. Show some spunk . Quit pretending you're being abused.
慷慷慨慨! 甭裝可憐蟲!

4. I admired her independence and her spunk.
我敬佩她的獨立精神和勇氣。

5. In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one spunk.
在人體生殖過程中，一個精子使一個卵子受精。