stench

Word family adjectivestenchynounstench

stench /stentʃ/ noun [countableC usually singular]

1 SMELLa very strong bad smell 恶臭，臭气 SYN stink

the stench of urine

尿臭味

► see thesaurus at smell

2 UNPLEASANTsomething unpleasant that makes you believe that something very bad and dishonest is happening 歪风邪气

stench of

a government filled with the stench of corruption

充斥着腐败风气的政府

Examples from the Corpus

stench• She became gradually aware of an awful stench.• I couldn't bear to go in the room with its stench of beer and vomit.• A Manx shearwater colony has a particularly powerful stench.• The dead body had begun to rot, and the stench was overpowering.• The first week he vomited daily from the stench of the feces and offal and rotting meat.• The slime they exude is obnoxious and slippery, and has the stench of rotting fish.• The stench cut straight through to his stomach.• The stench of blood and waste sickened him.• The stench of the fuel floated above the pond Monday and rainbow slicks could be seen near its mouth.

Origin stench

Old English stenc

词汇	stench
释义	stench Word family adjectivestenchynounstench stench /stentʃ/ noun [countableC usually singular] 1 SMELLa very strong bad smell 恶臭，臭气 SYN stink the stench of urine 尿臭味 ► see thesaurus at smell 2 UNPLEASANTsomething unpleasant that makes you believe that something very bad and dishonest is happening 歪风邪气 stench of a government filled with the stench of corruption 充斥着腐败风气的政府 Examples from the Corpus stench• She became gradually aware of an awful stench.• I couldn't bear to go in the room with its stench of beer and vomit.• A Manx shearwater colony has a particularly powerful stench.• The dead body had begun to rot, and the stench was overpowering.• The first week he vomited daily from the stench of the feces and offal and rotting meat.• The slime they exude is obnoxious and slippery, and has the stench of rotting fish.• The stench cut straight through to his stomach.• The stench of blood and waste sickened him.• The stench of the fuel floated above the pond Monday and rainbow slicks could be seen near its mouth. Origin stench Old English stenc
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