单词 | to stink to death |
释义 | > as lemmasto stink to death 3. quasi-transitive with complement. to stink to death, to kill by emitting a bad smell. Chiefly hyperbolical. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > stink of [verb (transitive)] > afflict with stench astenchc1225 bestench1568 bestink1611 to stink to death1625 outstink1655 stench1824 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss v. iii Hee would hazard to be stunk [v.rr. stung, strucke] to death. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 173 Chicken-coops, which stink one to death. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus iii. 93 Such a suffumigation as, once fired, Had stunk the patient dead ere he could groan. < as lemmas |
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