Word · Frequency #10268
stank
发臭；有臭味
stank is the past of stink (irregular).
核心释义
to smell very bad
- 1.
有强烈的臭味
To have a strong bad smell.
- 2.
给人不诚实、不真实或罪恶的印象
To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
- 3.
质量或表现极差
be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
- 4.
使发臭；用臭味影响
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
- 5.
气味难闻且令人反感
smell badly and offensively
糟糕透顶；差劲；显得蹊跷；像有猫腻；使发臭；熏臭；有强烈的臭味；给人不诚实、不真实或罪恶的印象
用法In use
After three days in the sun, the trash bag really stinks.
用法提示：stinks 是 stink 的第三人称单数，作动词表示散发臭味。
The whole room stank when we opened the door after the holiday.
用法提示：stank 是 stink 的过去式，表示过去某个时候有难闻气味。
Your shoes are stinking because you left them in the gym bag.
用法提示：stinking 是 stink 的现在分词，与 are 构成进行时，表示正在散发臭味。
This term paper stinks!
stink
用作不及物动词，表示散发臭味。
The garbage stinks.
垃圾发臭了。
stink of sth
后接名词，表示充满某物的气味。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- stink of sweat
- 散发着汗臭味
- After the workout, his T-shirt stank of sweat.锻炼之后，他的T恤散发着汗臭味。
- stink to high heaven
- 极其糟糕；很不正当
- The whole proposal stinks to high heaven.整个提议烂透了。
- stink at math
- 数学很差劲
- She stinks at math, so she asked for help.她数学很差劲，所以向人求助。
- stink up the room
- 把房间弄得臭烘烘
- The burnt fish stank up the room.烧焦的鱼把房间弄得臭烘烘的。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：臭东西会黏（stick）在身上挥之不去，stink 比 stick 多一个 n，记住“n=难闻”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、非正式评论、描述气味或评价质量 stink 作动词时，字面义“发出恶臭”比较常见于日常叙述和对话，语气直接；引申为“很糟糕、很差”或“显得可疑”时多用于口语和非正式场合。正式语体中通常可改用 smell bad 或 be very bad 等更中性的说法。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end with the /ɪŋk/ sound and rhyme with stink. Note that spelling lookalikes ending in -ing or -ick, such as sting /stɪŋ/ and stick /stɪk/, are pronounced differently and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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