stench

Word family

stench /stentʃ/ noun [countableC usually singular]

1 SMELLa very strong bad smell 恶臭，臭气 SYN stink

the stench of urine

尿臭味

► see thesaurus at smell

2 UNPLEASANTsomething unpleasant that makes you believe that something very bad and dishonest is happening 歪风邪气

stench of

a government filled with the stench of corruption

充斥着腐败风气的政府

Examples from the Corpus

stench• She became gradually aware of an awful stench.• I couldn't bear to go in the room with its stench of beer and vomit.• A Manx shearwater colony has a particularly powerful stench.• The dead body had begun to rot, and the stench was overpowering.• The first week he vomited daily from the stench of the feces and offal and rotting meat.• The slime they exude is obnoxious and slippery, and has the stench of rotting fish.• The stench cut straight through to his stomach.• The stench of blood and waste sickened him.• The stench of the fuel floated above the pond Monday and rainbow slicks could be seen near its mouth.

Origin stench

Old English stenc

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 12453 COCA: 11585

stench

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + STENCH | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤overpowering, overwhelming, powerful, strong強烈的臭氣

▸➤unmistakable明顯的惡臭

▸➤appalling, awful, foul, horrible, nauseating, sickening, terrible, unpleasant駭人的惡臭；令人惡心的惡臭；難聞的惡臭

▸➤acrid, fetid, putrid刺激性的臭氣；惡臭；腐臭

VERB + STENCH

➤be filled with惡臭充滿⋯

◇The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation.空氣中充滿了令人難以忍受的腐爛植物的惡臭。

PREPOSITION

➤stench of⋯的惡臭

◇The stench of death hung heavily over the land.死屍的惡臭籠罩在這片土地上空。

BNC: 12453 COCA: 11585

stench noun
⇨ odour

BNC: 12453 COCA: 11585

stench

Unpleasant smells: niff, odor, odour...