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A jinx is a person or a thing that seems to bring bad luck — or the stretch of bad luck itself. If a team keeps losing whenever one friend watches, people may joke that he is a jinx. You can also say there is a jinx on a place, a plan, or a season. As a verb, to jinx someone is to give them that luck, often just by speaking too soon. Don't jinx it means “don't say we will win, or that it is already in the bag — you might spoil it.” Informal, a bit superstitious, very common in sport and everyday talk. It comes from an older word, jynx, which had come to mean a charm or spell.
掃把星；霉運（動詞：烏鴉嘴、講衰）
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
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jinxnoun/d͡ʒɪŋks/
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A hex; an evil spell.
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A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
jinxverb/d͡ʒɪŋks/
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To cast a spell on.
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To bring bad luck to.
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To cause something to happen by mentioning it. Often used sarcastically.
- “So you'll all be near New York!” Maggie says. “We don't know for sure yet.” Sara stresses. “Don't jinx it.”
- I've no idea if she guessed what I was intending to do. I don't know why I was so reluctant to talk about it, even to her. Maybe I was afraid that verbalising my intentions would jinx it in some way.
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To cause a bad outcome through verbal expression of certainty about a good situation or result. See knocking on wood, which is supposed to mitigate this effect.
jinxintj/d͡ʒɪŋks/
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Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.
- Bart: I'm telling Mom and Dad! / Lisa: You're telling who? / Bart: Mom and Dad! / Girls: MOM AND DAD? JINX! / Janey Powell: Now you can't talk, 'til somebody says your name!
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。