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reek n.恶臭；水蒸汽v.放出恶臭；有 ... 气味；明显带有 (1) 你闻到发霉烟草的臭味了吗？(2) 他们生活在臭气熏天的污浊环境中。(3) 他口中带有烟草的臭味。(4) 它们身上散发出腐烂的死亡的气息。(5) 他们的举动显然有贪污之嫌。(6) 杀人犯手上仍血迹斑斑。 Shakespeare famously wrote about the "breath that from my mistress reeks," but that's not a nice way to talk about a girlfriend. The word usually describes smells, but can also be used to suggest something fishy, as in "the suspicious transactions reeked of mob involvement." But noses everywhere agree: Whether it's coming from your sneakers or from the aftermath of a shady deal, if something reeks — it stinks to high heaven.

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英 [riːk] 美 [riːk] (1) Do you smell the reek of stale tobacco?(2) They live amid reek and squalor.(3) His breath reeked of tobacco.(4) They reek of death and corruption.(5) Their actions reek of corruption.(6) The murderer's hands still reek with blood. It smells absolutely rotten and offensive. Birds are falling from the sky because of the fumes. You might throw up from one whiff. Whatever it is, it reeks. 1[VERB 动词]散发…的气味；具有浓烈的…气味 To reek of something, usually something unpleasant, means to smell very strongly of it.   [V of n]  [V]  [usu N of n]Your breath reeks of stale cigar smoke...你满嘴都是难闻的雪茄味。The entire house reeked for a long time.整座房子长时间一直有股难闻的味道。Reek is also a noun.He smelt the reek of whisky.他身上一股威士忌味。2[VERB 动词]明显带有（令人不悦的想法、感觉或行为） 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.   [V of n]  [disapproval]The whole thing reeks of hypocrisy.整件事显然透着虚伪。

英语单词	reek
英美音标	英 [riːk] 美 [riːk]
中文释义	n.恶臭；水蒸汽 v.放出恶臭；有 ... 气味；明显带有
英语例句	(1) Do you smell the reek of stale tobacco? (2) They live amid reek and squalor. (3) His breath reeked of tobacco. (4) They reek of death and corruption. (5) Their actions reek of corruption. (6) The murderer's hands still reek with blood.
中文例句	(1) 你闻到发霉烟草的臭味了吗？ (2) 他们生活在臭气熏天的污浊环境中。 (3) 他口中带有烟草的臭味。 (4) 它们身上散发出腐烂的死亡的气息。 (5) 他们的举动显然有贪污之嫌。 (6) 杀人犯手上仍血迹斑斑。
vocabulary简明	It smells absolutely rotten and offensive. Birds are falling from the sky because of the fumes. You might throw up from one whiff. Whatever it is, it reeks.
vocabulary扩展	Shakespeare famously wrote about the "breath that from my mistress reeks," but that's not a nice way to talk about a girlfriend. The word usually describes smells, but can also be used to suggest something fishy, as in "the suspicious transactions reeked of mob involvement." But noses everywhere agree: Whether it's coming from your sneakers or from the aftermath of a shady deal, if something reeks — it stinks to high heaven.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]散发…的气味；具有浓烈的…气味 To reek of something, usually something unpleasant, means to smell very strongly of it. [V of n] [V] [usu N of n] Your breath reeks of stale cigar smoke... 你满嘴都是难闻的雪茄味。 The entire house reeked for a long time. 整座房子长时间一直有股难闻的味道。 Reek is also a noun. He smelt the reek of whisky. 他身上一股威士忌味。 2 [VERB 动词]明显带有（令人不悦的想法、感觉或行为） 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. [V of n] [disapproval] The whole thing reeks of hypocrisy. 整件事显然透着虚伪。

Reek N Smell Stale Breath Reeked Corruption Verb