Stiff has plenty of meanings, but if you hear the adjective in Australia or New Zealand, there’s a chance that it’s intended as a slang word meaning ‘unlucky’. Unlike most of the other words on this list, stiff is still in use with this sense –but you have to be in the right part of the world.
Stiff有很多含义,但是如果你在澳大利亚或新西兰听到这个形容词,有可能它作为一个俚语词使用,其意思为“不幸的”。不像之前的大多数单词,stiff的这种含义仍在使用中,但你需要在合适的地域使用(stiff表示不幸的用法只在部分地区存在)。
10. Mischancy
Mischancy originally meant ‘unlucky’, formed by derivation with mischance, and first found in the work of the poet and bishop Gavin Douglas (c1476-1522). You might still come across mischancy in Scottish and Irish English, although it is now usually used to mean ‘subject to chance or mischance; risky, dubious’ rather than ‘unlucky’.
Mischancy最初的意思是“不幸的”,由单词mischance(灾难)演变而来,首次使用是在诗人及主教加文·道格拉斯(c1476 - 1522)的作品中。在苏格兰和爱尔兰的英语中,你仍然可能遇到mischancy,虽然现在mischancy通常用来遭受某些偶然的、有风险的、可疑的事件而不是单指“不幸的”。
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