stink

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.stink¹ /stɪŋk/ BrE AmE verb (past tense stank /stæŋk/, past participle stunk /stʌŋk/) [intransitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: stincan]
1. to have a strong and very unpleasant smell:
It stinks in here!
stink of
His breath stank of alcohol.
The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much).
2. spoken used to say that something is bad, unfair, dishonest etc:
Don’t eat there – the food stinks!
The whole justice system stinks.
stink something ↔ out British English, stink something ↔ up American English phrasal verb
to fill a place with a very unpleasant smell:
Those onions are stinking the whole house out.
II.stink² BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular]
1. a very bad smell SYN stench
stink of
the stink of burning rubber
2. cause/kick up/make etc a stink to complain very strongly:
Activists have raised a stink about the shipments of nuclear waste.
3. work/run/go like stink British English old-fashioned to work etc as fast and as well as you can:
We had to work like stink to meet the deadline.
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THESAURUS
▪ smell something that you can recognize by breathing in through your nose: the smell from the kitchen | What’s that awful smell? | the sweet smell of roses
▪ whiff something that you smell for a short time: He caught a whiff of her perfume. | a whiff of apple blossom
▪ scent a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animal: The rose had a beautiful scent. | Cats use their scent to mark their territory. | the sharp, dying scent of autumn | the heady scent (=strong scent)of magnolias
▪ fragrance/perfume a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scent: the sweet perfume of the orange blossoms | Each mango has its own special fragrance.
▪ aroma formal a pleasant smell from food or coffee: the aroma of fresh coffee | The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies.
▪ odour British English, odor American English formal an unpleasant smell: An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins. | the odor of stale tobacco smoke
▪ pong British English informal an unpleasant smell: What’s that horrible pong?
▪ stink/stench a very strong and unpleasant smell: I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat. | The toilet gave off a terrible stench.

stinkhu

◎	[stiηk]
※	danh từ
	■	(thông tục) mùi hôi thối, mùi khó chịu
	■	(số nhiều) (từ lóng) hoá học; tự nhiên học
	■	sự phiền toái; sự om sòm; sự nhặng xị; sự rắc rối
	〆	to raise a stink
		✓	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) bới thối ra, làm toáng lên
	〆	like stink
		✓	căng thẳng; rất vất vả
※	nội động từ stank, stunk; stunk
	■	có mùi rất khó chịu, có mùi hôi thối
		☆	that rotten fish stinks
			con cá ươn đó bốc mùi thối
	■	(+ of something) dường như rất khó ưa, tồi; bất lương
		☆	the whole business stinks (of corruption)
			toàn bộ công việc kinh doanh này xem ra là thối nát (vì tham nhũng)
※	ngoại động từ
	■	((thường) + up) làm thối um
	■	(từ lóng) nhận thấy, trông thấy, ngửi thấy
		☆	he can stink it a kilometer off
			xa một không kilômet nó cũng nhận ra điều đó
	■	(+ something out) tràn ngập (một nơi) bằng mùi rất khó chịu
		☆	he stank the whole house out with his tobacco smoke
			anh ấy đã làm nồng nặc cả ngôi nhà bằng khói thuốc lá
	〆	to stink out
		✓	làm bốc hơi thối để đuổi (ai) ra; đuổi (ai) ra bằng hơi thối
	〆	to stink of money
		✓	(từ lóng) giàu sụ

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  malodor, malodour, stench, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis