| 单词 | foul-smelling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoul-smelling C1. With present participles, forming adjectives in which foul expresses the complement of the underlying verb, esp. in foul-smelling, (also) foul-looking, foul-tasting, etc. Cf. foul-stinking adj. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F4 O night thou furnace of fowle reeking smoke. View more context for this quotation 1807 Morning Post 26 Nov. The foul smelling creature. 1884 Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 3 Dec. Murky, foul-smelling and foul-tasting water. 1909 Nottingham Evening Post 23 Aug. 5/3 [He] dived into the foul-looking water beneath. 1925 J. Grant Amos's Processes Flour Manuf. (new ed.) v. 34 Another form of smut, developing inside the grains, and filling them with foul-smelling black powder. 2000 K. Charles Cruel Habitations (2001) iv. 53 Jacquie knocked back the foul-tasting local wine. 2010 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Sept. 40/2 Much of the body's muscle and fat has been reduced to a foul-smelling, liquidy pastelike substance. < as lemmas |
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