stink

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stink1 /stɪŋk/ ●●○ verb (past tense stank /stæŋk/, past participle stunk /stʌŋk/) [intransitive]  1  SMELLto have a strong and very unpleasant smell 散发恶臭，发臭味 It stinks in here! 这里很臭！stink of His breath stank of alcohol. 他嘴里一股酒气。 The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much). 那些厕所臭气熏天。2  spoken used to say that something is bad, unfair, dishonest etc 让人感觉糟糕，令人厌恶 Don’t eat there – the food stinks! 别在那里吃，菜糟透了！ The whole justice system stinks. 整个司法系统都腐败透了。3 stink something ↔ out British English, stink something ↔ up American English phrasal verb SMELLto fill a place with a very unpleasant smell 使…充满难闻的味道 Those onions are stinking the whole house out. 那些洋葱弄得满屋子臭味。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

stink• Her room is filthy, and it stinks.• The fish Cassius returned home with lay in a plastic basin in the kitchen, spoiled and stinking.• How can you eat that cheese? It stinks.• Your shoes stink.• But area teenagers said Wednesday that the provisions stink.• Conveyancing is a reactionary adversarial system-and in the main it stinks.• Boys with wicker baskets full of bricks and masonry hurry past; the streets stink and run with mud and excrement.• His clothes stank of cigarette smoke.• The woman stank of neglect, her clothes were torn and filthy, and tears had made twin furrows down her face.• You boys stink to high heaven - go inside and take a shower.• But the move, though it stinks, was legal.stink of• the stink of burning rubber• It stinks of smoke in here.• His apartment stank of stale beer.stink2 noun [countable usually singular]  1  SMELLa very bad smell 恶臭，难闻的气味 SYN stenchstink of the stink of burning rubber 橡胶燃烧发出的恶臭► see thesaurus at smell2  cause/kick up/make etc a stink COMPLAINto complain very strongly 强烈抱怨；大吵大闹 Activists have raised a stink about the shipments of nuclear waste. 积极分子就运送的几批核废物大做文章。3  work/run/go like stink British English old-fashionedFAST/QUICK to work etc as fast and as well as you can 卖力地工作/奔跑/行走 We had to work like stink to meet the deadline. 我们不得不拼命地赶工期。

Examples from the Corpus

stink• Emitting a stink that would have made a Tyryttiaki swamp mist seem fragrant.• You really do have to make a stink.• I raised a stink about it and got my seat back, but it was a Pyrrhic victory.• She crept down toward the stink of blood.• It was the stink of suffering.• The stink from the drains is almost unbearable in summer.• The stink of burning rubber permeated the hot summer air.• The stink of gasoline filled the air and the Prophet's eyes widened in shocked disbelief.Origin stink1 Old English stincan

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stink

I

stink¹ /stɪŋk/ verb (past tense stank /stæŋk/, past participle stunk /stʌŋk/) [intransitive]1. to 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).
2. spoken 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.

II

stink² noun [countable usually singular]
1. a very bad smell
   SYN  stench
    stink of
    the stink of burning rubber
2. cause/kick up/make etc a stink to complain very strongly:
    Activists have raised a stink about the shipments of nuclear waste.
3. work/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.
     

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.