/dʒɪŋks; dʒɪŋks/
n (usu sing 通常作单数) ~ (on sb/sth) (infml 口) (person or thing that is thought to bring) bad luck (to sb/sth); curse 厄运; 不祥的人或事物; 祸根
*There's a jinx on/Someone's put a jinx on this car
*it's always giving me trouble. 这辆汽车上有什么妨人的东西, 总给我找麻烦.

v [Tn usu passive 通常用于被动语态] (infml 口) bring bad luck to (sb/sth) 给（某人[某事]）带来厄运
*I've been jinxed! 我一直走背运!
* I think this computer must be jinxed it's always breaking down. 这计算机一定闹鬼了--总出毛病.

n [singular]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Perhaps from jynx type of bird used in doing magic (17-19 centuries), from Greek iygx]
someone or something that brings bad luck, or a period of bad luck that results from this
　The company had suffered so many disasters that some employees feared a jinx.