• n. 惡臭；臭氣
• vt. 使…散發惡臭
• vi. 發惡臭

來自古英語 stenc,氣味，臭味，香味，來自 Proto-Germanic*stankwiz,氣味，來自 PIE*steug, 擴大形式于 PIE*steu,推，擊，釋放，詞源同 steep,type.后詞義僅限于指臭味。

stench

stench: see stink

stench (n.)

Old English stenc "a smell, odor, scent, fragrance" (either pleasant or unpleasant), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (cognates: Old Saxon stanc, Old High German stanch, German stank). Related to stincan "emit a smell" (see stink (v.)) as drench is to drink. It tended toward "bad smell" in Old English (as a verb, only with this sense), and the notion of "evil smell" has predominated since c. 1200.

1. The stench from the sewer is indescribable.

下水道發出一股說不出的惡臭。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The stench from rotting food is stomach-churning.

腐爛食物散發的臭味讓人反胃。

來自柯林斯例句

3. the sickening stench of burnt flesh

肉體燃燒所發出的令人作嘔的惡臭

來自《權威詞典》

4. an overpowering stench of rotting fish

腐爛的魚臭氣熏天

來自《權威詞典》

5. 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.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》