scunner
/skuhn-er/US // ˈskʌn ər //UK // (ˈskʌnə, Scottish ˈskʌnər) dialect, mainly Scot //
猎手,猎头公司,猎头,猎鹰
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : an irrational dislike; loathing: She took a scunner to him.
v.无主动词 verb
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- : Scot. and North England. to feel or show violent disgust, especially to flinch, blanch, or gag.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : Scot. and North England. to disgust; nauseate.
Examples
Was it possible that Timmy had a "scunner" against poor little Enid Crofton?
But she had what the Scotch call a 'scunner' against me when I was a boy.
"So I would if it weren't that I've a kind of a scunner of those black bog-holes," Bale said.
When the three walked out together, they made a scunner run through the colony o' Larut.
In these days I would scunner at the very word, if you know what that means, M. Montaiglon.
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