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单词	stink
释义	stink1 verbstink2 noun stinkstink1 /stɪŋk/ ●●○ verb (past tense stank /stæŋk/, past participle stunk /stʌŋk/) [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINstink1 Origin: Old English stincan Verb Table VERB TABLE stink Simple Form Present I, you, we, they stink he, she, it stinks Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they stank, stunk Present perfect I, you, we, they have stunk he, she, it has stunk Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had stunk Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will stink Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have stunk Continuous Form Present I am stinking he, she, it is stinking you, we, they are stinking Past I, he, she, it was stinking you, we, they were stinking Present perfect I, you, we, they have been stinking he, she, it has been stinking Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been stinking Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be stinking Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been stinking Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Her room is filthy, and it stinks. His clothes stank of cigarette smoke. How can you eat that cheese? It stinks. You boys stink to high heaven - go inside and take a shower. Your shoes stink. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Boys with wicker baskets full of bricks and masonry hurry past; the streets stink and run with mud and excrement. But area teenagers said Wednesday that the provisions stink. But the move, though it stinks, was legal. Conveyancing is a reactionary adversarial system-and in the main it stinks. The fish Cassius returned home with lay in a plastic basin in the kitchen, spoiled and stinking. The woman stank of neglect, her clothes were torn and filthy, and tears had made twin furrows down her face. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto have a bad smell► smelly · The hut was dark and smelly.· Don't leave your smelly sneakers lying around the living room.· The lake was rapidly turning brown and smelly from the factory wastes. ► smell to have an unpleasant smell: · Does my breath smell?· We need to clean the cat's litter box - it's starting to smell.smell bad/awful/terrible/disgusting: · Not only does he smell bad - he's mean and ugly too.· Many people like the taste of jackfruit, but it smells terrible. ► stink to have a strong and unpleasant smell: · Her room is filthy, and it stinks.· How can you eat that cheese? It stinks.stink of: · His clothes stank of cigarette smoke.stink to high heaven: · You boys stink to high heaven - go inside and take a shower. ► reek to have a very strong smell of something unpleasant: · Get that dog out of here - he reeks.reek of: · He came running into the house, reeking of sweat.· The tiny office reeked of onions and cigarette smoke.· Where have you been - you reek of alcohol? ► stinking having a very strong unpleasant smell: · The yards were full of stinking garbage cans, and untidy lines of washing.· He pointed to the stinking hole that we were to use as a toilet. ► stink the place out British /stink the place up American informal to make a whole room smell bad: · You're not bringing that cat in here - it'll stink the place out.· She made fish for dinner and stunk the place up. ► musty things such as books, clothes, or rooms that are musty have a smell that is old and not fresh, especially because they have not been used or been in fresh air for a long time: · The hotel room was dark and musty.· The library was full of musty old books which no one wanted to read. ► stale having a smell that is not fresh, especially because you can still smell something such as old cigarette smoke or old cooking smells: · She noticed the stale smell of drink on his breath.· The air in the office was stale and heavy.· It was cold outside and the smell of stale tobacco clung to their winter coats. ► acrid having a sharp, unpleasant smell, especially one that hurts your nose: · The chemical has an acrid smell.· When I opened the door, acrid white smoke came billowing out.· The air was stale and acrid, and a cluster of black flies hovered over the bed. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► stank to high heaven  The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much). COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► stinking/filthy rich disapproving (=very rich)· She was obviously stinking rich. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► heaven · It stank to high heaven of salt-fish and shit, the aforementioned by far the more offensive.· Their office layout stank to high-tech heaven. ► place · The place stank like a sewer!· The place stank of cockroach repellant and dead cigarettes.· The whole place stank of money: much more money than the singer could have earned at the Kitty Kat Club.· I came downstairs and the place stank of unwashed bodies mixed with the smells of kippers being grilled and sausages fried.· The place stank of paraffin and turpentine and dry rot.· The place stank of scorched hair and deodorant.· Like any over-populated, under-capitalised place, it could stink of smoke and shit and sick and sleep. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► kick up a fuss/stink/row It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink. It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink. It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy. It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates. Yet when pedestrianisation was first announced the city's shopkeepers, taxi drivers and disabled groups kicked up a fuss. 1to have a strong and very unpleasant smell:  It stinks in here!stink of His breath stank of alcohol. The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much).2spoken used to say that something is bad, unfair, dishonest etc:  Don’t eat there – the food stinks! The whole justice system stinks.stink something ↔ out British English, stink something ↔ up American English phrasal verb to fill a place with a very unpleasant smell:  Those onions are stinking the whole house out. stink1 verbstink2 noun stinkstink2 noun [countable usually singular] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The stink from the drains is almost unbearable in summer. The stink of burning rubber permeated the hot summer air. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Emitting a stink that would have made a Tyryttiaki swamp mist seem fragrant. I raised a stink about it and got my seat back, but it was a Pyrrhic victory. It was the stink of suffering. She crept down toward the stink of blood. The stink of gasoline filled the air and the Prophet's eyes widened in shocked disbelief. You really do have to make a stink. Thesaurus THESAURUS► smell something that you can recognize by breathing in through your nose: · the smell from the kitchen· What’s that awful smell?· the sweet smell of roses ► whiff something that you smell for a short time: · He caught a whiff of her perfume.· a whiff of apple blossom ► scent a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animal: · The rose had a beautiful scent.· Cats use their scent to mark their territory.· the sharp, dying scent of autumn· the heady scent (=strong scent)of magnolias ► fragrance/perfume a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scent: · the sweet perfume of the orange blossoms· Each mango has its own special fragrance. ► aroma formal a pleasant smell from food or coffee: · the aroma of fresh coffee· The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies. ► odour British English, odor American English formal an unpleasant smell: · An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins.· the odor of stale tobacco smoke ► pong British English informal an unpleasant smell: · What’s that horrible pong? ► stink/stench a very strong and unpleasant smell: · I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat.· The toilet gave off a terrible stench. Longman Language Activatora bad smell► smell · There's a smell in here - open the window.· The food looked good, but the smell was awful.smell of · The smells of dead fish and rotting garbage were more than he could stand.bad smell · There was a bad smell coming from the cupboard. ► odour British /odor American a strong, unpleasant smell that is easy to recognize: · The air freshener is supposed to get rid of unpleasant household odors.odour of: · Around the camps there was always the pungent order of kerosene burning human waste.body odour/odor: · The man sitting next to me had body odor and bad breath. ► stench a very strong unpleasant smell, especially one that is so bad it makes it hard for you to breathe or makes you feel sick: · The dead body had begun to rot, and the stench was overpowering.stench of : · I couldn't bear to go in the room with its stench of beer and vomit. ► stink a strong and very unpleasant smell, especially from something that is decaying: · The stink from the drains is almost unbearable in summer.stink of: · The stink of burning rubber permeated the hot summer air. ► pong British informal a bad smell: · What a pong! This place hasn't been cleaned for years! Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► stinking/filthy rich disapproving (=very rich)· She was obviously stinking rich. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bomb · They said the protesters let off stink bombs and covered four players with eggs and flour.· The not unfamiliar childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker caused her great anguish.· His remarkable doggedness led him to carry on regardless when two stink bombs broke everyone else's concentration. VERB► kick · It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.· It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.· It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► cause/kick up/make etc a stink It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink. It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink. It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates. ► work/run/go like stinkPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► kick up a fuss/stink/row It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink. It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink. It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy. It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates. Yet when pedestrianisation was first announced the city's shopkeepers, taxi drivers and disabled groups kicked up a fuss. 1a very bad smell SYN  stenchstink of the stink of burning rubber► see thesaurus at smell2cause/kick up/make etc a stink to complain very strongly:  Activists have raised a stink about the shipments of nuclear waste.3work/run/go like stink British English old-fashioned to work etc as fast and as well as you can:  We had to work like stink to meet the deadline.
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