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stinking

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stink·ing1 /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/ adjective  1 SMELLhaving a very strong unpleasant smell 臭的,发(恶)臭味的 SYN smelly stinking garbage cans 臭烘烘的垃圾箱2 [only before noun] spokenANGRY used to emphasize what you are saying when you are angry 令人讨厌的〔生气时用以加强语气〕 I hate this stinking boring job! 我恨这讨厌的无聊工作!3 [only before noun] especially British English informalUNPLEASANT very unpleasant 讨厌的,糟糕的 I’ve got a stinking cold. 我感冒非常严重。4. stinking letter British English informalCOMPLAIN an angry letter in which you complain very strongly about something 言辞激烈的投诉信
Examples from the Corpus
stinkingWith luck, she might be buried for ever under the wet newspapers, stinking food remnants and empty cornflake packets.The yards were full of stinking garbage cans, and untidy lines of washing.a dump full of stinking garbageHe pointed to the stinking hole that we were to use as a toilet.I represent areas with stinking housing estates.The scaffold there was the first thing I clapped my eyes on when we entered the stinking streets of Paris.You can not build a fair system on that stinking swamp of menace and malice and neglect.I don't want to watch that stinking TV show.You'd wed your daughter to a stinking Viking!But they'd had men dragging those stinking waters for twenty-four hours and they'd come up with nothing.He could hardly ease himself free from the great stinking weight.
stinking2 adverb informal  1. stinking rich informal extremely rich – used especially when you think this is unfair 十分富有的,非常有钱的〔尤用于表示这是不公平的〕2. stinking drunk informal extremely drunk 酩酊大醉,醉得不省人事
Examples from the Corpus
stinkingAt Christmas, I tend to get stinking drunk with schlock.
smell unpleasant having Corpus a very strong


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stinking
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stinking1 /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/ adjective
1. having a very strong unpleasant smell
   SYN  smelly:
    stinking garbage cans
2. [only before noun] spoken used to emphasize what you are saying when you are angry:
    I hate this stinking boring job!
3. [only before noun] especially British English informal very unpleasant:
    I’ve got a stinking cold.
4. stinking letter British English informal an angry letter in which you complain very strongly about something

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stinking2 adverb informal
1. stinking rich extremely rich – used especially when you think this is unfair
2. stinking drunk extremely drunk


stink·ingBrE /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/ 🔊 adjectivehaving a very strong, unpleasant smell 臭的;发恶臭的;十分难闻的I was pushed into a filthy, stinking room. 我被推进一间又脏又臭的屋子里。🔊🔊 [only before noun] (informal, especially BrE) very bad or unpleasant 很糟糕的;令人讨厌的I've got a stinking cold. 我得了这该死的感冒。🔊🔊 [only before noun] (BrE, informal) showing a lot of anger 愤怒不已的;气急败坏的I wrote them a stinking letter to complain. 我给他们去信气愤地抱怨了一通。🔊🔊
stink·ingBrE /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/ 🔊 adverb(informal, usually disapproving) extremely 极其;非常They must be stinking rich. 他们一定富得流油。🔊🔊