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verb

[no obj.]smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink
发出浓烈臭味；发臭
the yard reeked of wet straw and stale horse manure.
院子里散发着湿稻草和陈马粪的怪味。
[as adj. reeking]the reeking lavatories.
臭气熏天的厕所。
■(figurative)be suggestive of something unpleasant or disapproved of
(喻)带有令人不快或不满的内容
the speeches reeked of anti-Semitism.
这些演讲带有明显的反犹太色彩。
■(archaic)give off smoke, steam, or fumes
(古)冒烟；散发蒸汽（或浓烟）
while temples crash, and towers in ashes reek.
寺院倒塌，一片灰烬的塔楼散发出烟尘。

noun

[in sing.]a foul smell
臭味，臭气
the reek of cattle dung.
牛粪臭味。
[mass noun](chiefly Scottish)smoke
(主苏格兰)烟，烟尘

派生
reeky
adjective
语源

Old English rēocan 'give out smoke or vapour', rēc (noun) 'moke' of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rieken 'to smell' rook 'smoke', German riechen 'to smell', Rauch 'smoke'

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