reeking

柯林斯詞典

reek /ri?k/ (reeking,reeked,reeks)

• 1. V-I To reek of something, usually something unpleasant, means to smell very strongly of it. 散發(fā)出 (強烈難聞的氣味)

  Your breath reeks of stale cigar smoke. 你的呼吸中散發(fā)出雪茄菸的臭味。

• 2. N-SING Reek is also a noun. 臭氣

  He smelled the reek of whisky. 他散發(fā)出威士忌酒味。

• 3. V-I If you say that something reeks of unpleasant ideas, feelings, or practices, you disapprove of it because it gives a strong impression that it involves those ideas, feelings, or practices. 明顯帶有 (令人不快的特性)[表不滿]

  The whole thing reeks of hypocrisy. 整件事充滿了虛偽。

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