单词 | fetid |
释义 | fetid From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Odoursfetidfet‧id /ˈfetɪd/ adjective formalCOhaving a strong bad smell SYN stinking the black fetid water of the lake the dog’s fetid breathExamples from the Corpusfetid• I went into the street where, after the fetid air of the synagogue, I breathed in the fresh air gratefully.• Water oozed out of the walls and as each night wore on, the heat distilled a fetid and poisonous atmosphere.• He could almost feel hot, fetid breath warming his skin.• Sickness caused by overcrowding, and the damp, fetid conditions had appalled him.• A fetid light blazed from Old Saul's sockets.• There were no masses of poor crushed together in fetid slums, scrabbling for every crust.• The fetid smell of swamp seeped through the concrete.• the fetid streets of the slumOrigin fetid (1400-1500) Latin foetidus, from foetere “to smell bad” |
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