Smelly means having a strong bad smell. Here is the thing students miss: on its own, smelly is always negative.

Smellysmelly means having a strong bad smell意思是有很重的臭味。Here is the thing students miss這是學生常常沒注意到的地方: on its own, smelly is always negativesmelly單獨用的時候永遠是負面的。

A flower is not smelly, however strong its scent — you would say fragrant, or sweet-smelling. Smelly is for socks, bins, drains, cheese, wet dogs, feet, an unwashed shirt.

A flower is not smelly花不會被說成smelly, however strong its scent不管香味有多濃 — you would say fragrant, or sweet-smelling你會說fragrant或sweet-smelling。Smelly is for socks, bins, drains, cheese, wet dogs, feet, an unwashed shirtsmelly是用在襪子、垃圾桶、水溝、起司、濕狗、腳、沒洗的襯衫這些東西上。

It is an everyday word, plain and slightly childish in flavour, used freely in speech and by children. It goes both before a noun (a smelly old jumper) and after be (this room is smelly), and it takes the usual endings: smellier, smelliest.

It is an everyday word這是日常用字, plain and slightly childish in flavour用起來很直白,帶點孩子氣, used freely in speech and by children在口語裡和小孩子的話裡都很常出現。It goes both before a noun (a smelly old jumper) and after be (this room is smelly)它可以放在名詞前面(a smelly old jumper),也可以放在be動詞後面(this room is smelly), and it takes the usual endings: smellier, smelliest變化也照一般規則:smellier、smelliest。

It can also be aimed at a person as a mild insult — 'you're smelly' — which from a child is rude but not shocking.

It can also be aimed at a person as a mild insult也可以拿來輕輕罵一個人 — 'you're smelly' —'you're smelly' which from a child is rude but not shocking這句話從小孩子口中說出來,沒禮貌但不算太過分。

There is one gentle exception: some strong-smelling foods, especially cheese, get called smelly with real affection by people who love them. And the word does turn friendly when something is put in front of it — sweet-smelling flowers, nice-smelling soap — but that is the -smelling compound, not smelly by itself.

There is one gentle exception有一個比較溫和的例外: some strong-smelling foods, especially cheese有些味道很重的食物,尤其是起司, get called smelly with real affection by people who love them喜歡吃的人會用smelly這個字,但帶著真心的喜愛。And the word does turn friendly而這個字確實會變得友善 when something is put in front of it當前面加了東西的時候 — sweet-smelling flowers, nice-smelling soap像sweet-smelling flowers、nice-smelling soap — but that is the -smelling compound, not smelly by itself不過那是-smelling這個複合形式,不是smelly單獨用。