Spunk



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.勇气, 胆量
• ［英］ n.勇气, 胆量 ( mettle, pluck)
• ［例］ She got her spunk up and left the country. ( 她鼓起勇气, 离开了这个国家)

Webster Collegiate

kI. noun

• Etymology: Scottish Gaelic spong sponge, tinder, from Middle Irish spongc, from Latin spongia sponge
• Date: 1582
• 1.
  • a. a woody tinder ; punk
  • b. any of various fungi used to make tinder
• 2. mettle, pluck
• 3. spirit, liveliness

II. intransitive verb

• Date: 1840
• dialect to show spirit — usually used with up

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