| 单词 | skunk smell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskunk smell C1. General attributive in sense 1a, as skunk fur, skunk odour, skunk smell, etc. Π 1809 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 30 Jan. 1/2 The Hudson's Bay Company Will expose to Sale..Beaver, Musquash, Martin, Fox, Rabbit, Swan, Racoon, Badger and Skunk Skins. 1862 B. Taylor in Life & Lett. (1884) I. xvi. 404 With my pelisse of racoon and my cap of skunk-skin. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 451/2 Skunk Fur..is of a dark brown colour, rather long in the hair, and rough. 1920 Farm Boys' & Girls' Leader (Des Moines, Iowa) Nov. 22/2 The first boy in Colorado to start a skunk farm. 1972 V. D. H. Sneve Jimmy Yellow Hawk vii. 71 Big Jim had to pile all of the boy's clothes in the back yard, pour kerosene over the pile and burn it because the skunk smell would never come out. 2005 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 69 269 The scientists foiled this project by mixing a chemical solution that gave off a distinct skunk odor. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。