- [countable]
a small black and white North American animal that can produce a strong unpleasant smell to defend itself when it is attacked 北美臭鼬 
- [uncountable] (slang)
skunkweed (= a strong type of cannabis) 烂醉如泥
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Abnaki segankw; variants occur in many other American Indian dialects. Abnaki is a group of two extinct Algonquian languages.
Idioms
(as) drunk as a skunk (North American English)
(British English, old-fashioned (as) drunk as a lord)
- (informal)
very drunk 烂醉如泥