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A stench is a very strong, very bad smell — rotting food, drains, something dead. It is stronger than 'smell' and stronger than 'odour'. People also use it about : 'the stench of corruption' means the is obvious and disgusting.
惡臭
組成Connected to the old verb 'stink'.
同家族的字
- stinkthe same old root
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stenchnoun/stɛnt͡ʃ/
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a strong foul smell; a stink.
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A foul quality.
- the stench of political corruption
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obsoleteA smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
- Black bulls, and bearded goats on altars lie; / And clouds of ſav'ry ſtench involve the ſky.
stenchverb/stɛnt͡ʃ/
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obsoleteTo cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
- Dead bards stench every coast
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To stanch.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。