minx

FREQ #22718

n. 轻佻女子, 风骚女子

发音

US /mɪŋks/
UK /mɪŋks/

词形变化

minxes 复数 minxed minxes 三单 minxes minxing minxing 现在分词 minxed 过去式 minxed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.

  2. 2.

    A promiscuous woman; also, a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”) or a prostitute.

    过时 贬义
  3. 3.

    A pet dog.

    废旧
  4. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of mink (“any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily”).

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner.

    及物/不及物
  2. 2.

    To make (someone) like a minx; (intransitive) to become like a minx.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

tease flirt vamp coquette prickteaser vamper

上位词 1

woman

词源

PIE word *ǵʰmṓ The origin of the noun is uncertain. The following possible derivations have been suggested: * A variation of minikin (“(obsolete) young person, especially a young woman; small or insignificant person, thing, or amount”) + a variation of -s (suffix forming hypocoristic nouns (nicknames)) (compare minckins, a variant of minikin). * From Dutch mens, mensch (“human being, person; (derogatory, informal) woman”) (obsolete), Middle Dutch minsc, minsce, minsch; or from German Low German minsch, minsk, Middle Low German minsche (“hussy, wench”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”, adjective), from *mann- (“human being, person; man”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), *men- (“to mind; to think; spiritual activity”), or *mon- (“human being; man”)) + *-iskaz (suffix meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from the noun.

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