Word · Frequency #10268
stinking
发臭；有臭味
stinking is the present participle of stink.
to smell very bad
- 1.
To have a strong bad smell.
有强烈的臭味
- 2.
To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
给人不诚实、不真实或罪恶的印象
- 3.
be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
质量或表现极差
- 4.
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
使发臭；用臭味影响
- 5.
smell badly and offensively
气味难闻且令人反感
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
In use
After three days in the sun, the trash bag really stinks.
The whole room stank when we opened the door after the holiday.
Your shoes are stinking because you left them in the gym bag.
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。
He stank of sweat after the workout.
锻炼后他浑身汗臭味。
stink at sth
非正式用法，表示在某方面能力差。
Connections
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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- stink to high heaven
- 臭气熏天；腐败透顶The whole deal stinks to high heaven.这笔交易从头到尾都透着腐败。
Learner notes
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”。
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。
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.
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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