reek

英 [riːk] 美 [riːk]

• n. 恶臭；水蒸汽
• v. 放出恶臭；有 ... 气味；明显带有

英英释义

Noun:

1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Verb:

1. have an element suggestive (of something);

   "his speeches smacked of racism"
   "this passage smells of plagiarism"
   

2. smell badly and offensively;

   "The building reeks of smoke"
   

3. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

4. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.;

   "Marshes reeking in the sun"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Do you smell the reek of stale tobacco?
   你闻到发霉烟草的臭味了吗？
2. They live amid reek and squalor.
   他们生活在臭气熏天的污浊环境中。

用作动词 (v.)

1. His breath reeked of tobacco.
   他口中带有烟草的臭味。
2. They reek of death and corruption.
   它们身上散发出腐烂的死亡的气息。
3. Their actions reek of corruption.
   他们的举动显然有贪污之嫌。
4. The murderer's hands still reek with blood.
   杀人犯手上仍血迹斑斑。

经典引文

• The musty reek that lingers About dead leaves.

  出自： R. Brooke

• The reek of petrol.

  出自： E. Waugh

• Not long after the civil war, the embers of which were still reeking.

  出自： Sir W. Scott

词汇搭配

• reek of 发臭气
• reek with 染满 ...

近反义词

【近义词】

• smell 气味
• stink 臭味
• smoke 烟
• smack 掌击声
• stench 臭气
• pong 恶臭
• suggest 建议
• evidence 证据
• odor 气味
• odour <英>气味（尤指不好闻的...
• whiff 一吹
• fume 烟
• mephitis 毒气
• malodor 恶臭
• malodour 难闻的气味
• foetor 恶臭
• fetor 强烈恶臭