| 释义 |
reek
I. \ˈrēk\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rek, reke, from Old English rēc; akin to Old Frisian rēk smoke, Old Saxon rōk, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr, Old English rēocan to reek
1. chiefly dialect : smoke
2. : vapor, mist, fog
< the wettest imaginable blanket of sea reek enveloped us — Osbert Sitwell >
3. : a strong or disagreeable fume or odor
< exuded the sharp, spiced reek of tobacco — A.W.Turnbull >
< the overpowering reek of sewage >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English reken, from Old English rēocan; akin to Old Frisian rēka to smoke, Old High German rouhhan to smoke, smoke up, Old Norse rjūka to smoke, steam
intransitive verb
1. : to emit smoke or vapor
< a marsh reeking in the sun >
2.
a. : to give off or become permeated with a strong offensive odor
< horses that reek with sweat >
< a restaurant that reeks of garlic >
b. : to give a strong impression of some constituent quality or feature : show permeation with a dominant quality or feature
< a mean building which reeked of poverty — D.G.Gerahty >
< historical best sellers reek with sentiment — A.L.Guérard >
3. : emanate, issue, rise, fume
< smoke which still away did reek … from that eternal pyre — John Keats >
< an atmosphere … which reeked up from decayed trees — E.A.Poe >
transitive verb
1. : to subject to the action of smoke or vapor
2. : to give off as or as if a reek : exhale, exude, vent
< his manner reeks prosperity >
Synonyms: see emit
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
Scotland : equip, outfit
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably alteration of rick (I)
dialect Britain : heap, pile
V. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
dialect Britain : to pile up : heap
VI.
Scotland
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