spunk

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++spunk /spʌŋk/ noun [uncountable] informal 1 especially American EnglishBRAVE courage 胆量，勇气 She had a lot of spunk. 她很有胆量。2. British English not politeHBH semen 精液

Examples from the Corpus

spunk• Erma's got a lot of spunk.Origin spunk (1700-1800) Probably from spunk “spark” ((16-19 centuries)), from Scottish Gaelic spong “sponge, material for lighting fires”, from Latin spongia; → SPONGE1

spunk nounChinese

Corpus courage

spunk
spunk /spʌŋk/

noun [uncountable] informal

Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Probably from spunk __spark__ (16-19 centuries), from Scottish Gaelic spong __sponge, material for lighting fires__, from Latin spongia; ⇨ sponge¹

1. especially American English courage:

She had a lot of spunk.
2. British English not polite semen

spunk

BrE

/spʌŋk/

🔊

NAmE

/spʌŋk/

🔊

noun

[uncountable]

(

informal

)

courage; determination 勇气；胆量；决心

[uncountable]

(

BrE,

taboo,

slang

)

semen

[countable]

(

informal,

AustralE,

informal

)

a sexually attractive person 性感的人