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单词 malodour
释义

malodourn.

Brit. /malˈəʊdə/, U.S. /mælˈoʊdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mal- prefix, odour n.
Etymology: < mal- prefix + odour n.
A foul smell, a stench. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells
stenchc893
reekeOE
weffea1300
stink1382
fise14..
smeek?c1425
fist1440
fetorc1450
stew1487
moisture1542
putor1565
pouant1602
funk1606
graveolence1623
hogo1654
whiff1668
fogo1794
stythe1823
malodour1825
pen and ink1859
body scent1875
pong1900
niffa1903
hum1906
taint1927
honk1953
bowf1985
stank1996
1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 31 380 In vain did the fair traveller hope to escape from that omnipresent mal-odour.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. ii. 544 ‘Putrid fermentation’, ending, after the endurance of much malodour, in mere zero to you and to every one.
1985 Times 18 Dec. 11/3 The whiff of malodour in public life just now is not directly attributable to the government.
1988 J. Herbert Haunted xxix. 207 Ash limped outside,..cleansing his lungs of Edbrook's malodour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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