英语词汇“to stink to heaven”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. To exhibit or savour of moral (artistic, etc.) decay. Of persons: also, to be despicable or completely incompetent. Of actions, phenomena, etc.: also spec. in to stink to (high) heaven. colloquial.

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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degenerate [verb (intransitive)] > become corrupt

rot?c1225

pervertc1475

putrefya1500

corrupt1598

gangrene1618

deprave1655

stink1934

1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan viii. 121 I watched you guys go through signal practice. You stunk!

1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy xv. 99 She regarded Zorn bleakly. ‘You stink, Michael Zorn,’ she said.

1963 ‘D. Cory’ Hammerhead iv. 61 Sofia was the actress of the family. I stink.

1936 Metronome Feb. 61/2 Stinks, what one pub thinks of another's tunes.1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. v. 61 Big Business does rather stink, doesn't it?1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder iii. 21 Rock an' Roll came in..now that's out—that stinks too.1963 C. D. Simak They walked like Men ix. 53 ‘How did you know that?’ ‘Just a guess,’ I said. ‘This whole thing stinks to heaven.’1973 Times 23 May 16/4 The affairs of Lonrho stunk to high heaven.1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. ii. 196 Chris would make it be like the old days. But the old days had stunk too.

单词	to stink to heaven
释义	> as lemmas to stink to (high) heaven e. To exhibit or savour of moral (artistic, etc.) decay. Of persons: also, to be despicable or completely incompetent. Of actions, phenomena, etc.: also spec. in to stink to (high) heaven. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degenerate [verb (intransitive)] > become corrupt rot?c1225 pervertc1475 putrefya1500 corrupt1598 gangrene1618 deprave1655 stink1934 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan viii. 121 I watched you guys go through signal practice. You stunk! 1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy xv. 99 She regarded Zorn bleakly. ‘You stink, Michael Zorn,’ she said. 1963 ‘D. Cory’ Hammerhead iv. 61 Sofia was the actress of the family. I stink. 1936 Metronome Feb. 61/2 Stinks, what one pub thinks of another's tunes.1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. v. 61 Big Business does rather stink, doesn't it?1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder iii. 21 Rock an' Roll came in..now that's out—that stinks too.1963 C. D. Simak They walked like Men ix. 53 ‘How did you know that?’ ‘Just a guess,’ I said. ‘This whole thing stinks to heaven.’1973 Times 23 May 16/4 The affairs of Lonrho stunk to high heaven.1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. ii. 196 Chris would make it be like the old days. But the old days had stunk too. extracted from stinkv. < as lemmas
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