stink
stink
(past stank 或 stunk ; past participle stunk)
[no obj.]
[in sing.]
(W. Indian)(西印度)
like stink
( stinkier, stinkiest)
adjective(stinkier, stinkiest)
(past stank 或 stunk ; past participle stunk)
[no obj.]
- have a strong unpleasant smell
发恶臭，有恶臭；有异味
the place stank like a sewer.
那地方就像阴沟一样发出恶臭。
his breath stank of drink.
他呼吸有股酒味。
■[with obj.](stink a place out/up)fill a place with such a smell
使充满臭气
her perfume stank the place out.
那地方到处弥漫着她那难闻的香水味。 - (informal)be very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous
(非正式)讨厌透顶；坏透，糟透；名声臭
he thinks the values of the society in which he lives stink.
他认为他生活于其中的这个社会的价值观糟透了。
■(stink of)be highly suggestive of (something regarded with disapproval)
极具（可鄙之事）的味道
the whole affair stinks of a set-up.
整个事情很有诬陷的味道。
■(stink of)have or appear to have a scandalously large amount of (something, especially money)
（令人反感地）大量拥有；多得发臭
the whole place was luxurious and stank of money.
整个地方都穷奢极欲，充满铜臭味。
[in sing.]
- a strong unpleasant smell; a stench
恶臭，臭气
the stink of the place hit me as I went in.
我一走进那地方，恶臭就扑面而来。 - (informal)a row or fuss
(非正式)大吵大闹
a silly move now would kick up a stink we couldn't handle.
一个愚蠢的行动就会引发一场我们控制不了的轩然大波。
(W. Indian)(西印度)
- having a strong unpleasant smell
有恶臭的，臭气熏天的
‘What you doing with that stink dog?’.
“你怎么处置那条臭烘烘的狗？”。 - contemptible; corrupt
讨厌的，卑鄙的；腐败的，堕落的
the whole episode is so stink that the principal asked for an immediate transfer of the teacher.
整个事件非常可耻，因此校长要求立即调离那个教师。
like stink
- (informal)extremely hard or intensely
(非正式)非常卖力地；极强烈地
she's working like stink to get everything ready.
她正在非常卖力地工作，以使一切都准备就绪。
( stinkier, stinkiest)
adjective(stinkier, stinkiest)
- (informal.)
- Old English stincan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German stinken, also to stench
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