Old English stenc "a smell, odor, scent, fragrance" (either pleasant or unpleasant), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (cognates: Old Saxon stanc, Old High German stanch, German stank). Related to stincan "emit a smell" (see stink (v.)) as drench is to drink. It tended toward "bad smell" in Old English (as a verb, only with this sense), and the notion of "evil smell" has predominated since c. 1200.
中文解释
1. stink => stench.2. drink => drench.
实用例句
1. The stench from the sewer is indescribable.
下水道发出一股说不出的恶臭。来自柯林斯例句
2. The stench from rotting food is stomach-churning.
腐烂食物散发的臭味让人反胃。来自柯林斯例句
3. the sickening stench of burnt flesh
肉体燃烧所发出的令人作呕的恶臭来自《权威词典》
4. an overpowering stench of rotting fish
腐烂的鱼臭气熏天来自《权威词典》
5. The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation.
