stinking

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The emission of a foul smell.
    — From the magnificent ejaculation of the Waimangu geyser, to the tiniest of gaseous emissions, descriptions of the thermal reserve were rife with dischargings, bubblings and stinkings, quiverings and palpitations, orifices and protuberances.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of stink form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a pungent smell.
  2. Very bad and undesirable.
    — I have a stinking cold.
  3. Very drunk. slang
    — Oh, I got stinking—and, worse, acted like the world's worst heel to top it off. I passed out mentally about the time we left the club—which must have been around 2:30—but unfortunately didn't pass out physically.
  4. An intensifier, a hypallage. euphemistic
    — We don’t need your stinking sympathy.

词形变化

more stinking comparative most stinking superlative stinkings plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, from Old English stincende, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (“stinking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną (“to stink”), equivalent to stink + -ing. Cognate with Dutch stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), Danish stinkende (“stinking, stinky”), Norwegian stinkende (“stinking, stinky”).
词源 2
From Middle English stinkinge, stynkynge, equivalent to stink + -ing.
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