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单词 pong
释义
pongpong /pɒŋ $ pɑːŋ/ noun [countable usually singular] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • What a pong! This place hasn't been cleaned for years!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Pseudomonas prefers a nice warm fridge, but has less competition in the cold, hence the pong.
  • The pong was such that we used to pinch our noses as we ran past.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
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
something that you smell for a short time: · He caught a whiff of her perfume.· a whiff of apple blossom
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
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.
formal a pleasant smell from food or coffee: · the aroma of fresh coffee· The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies.
British English, odor American English formal an unpleasant smell: · An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins.· the odor of stale tobacco smoke
British English informal an unpleasant smell: · What’s that horrible pong?
a very strong and unpleasant smell: · I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat.· The toilet gave off a terrible stench.
Longman Language Activatora bad smell
· There's a smell in here - open the window.· The food looked good, but the smell was awful.smell of · The smells of dead fish and rotting garbage were more than he could stand.bad smell · There was a bad smell coming from the cupboard.
British /odor American a strong, unpleasant smell that is easy to recognize: · The air freshener is supposed to get rid of unpleasant household odors.odour of: · Around the camps there was always the pungent order of kerosene burning human waste.body odour/odor: · The man sitting next to me had body odor and bad breath.
a very strong unpleasant smell, especially one that is so bad it makes it hard for you to breathe or makes you feel sick: · The dead body had begun to rot, and the stench was overpowering.stench of : · I couldn't bear to go in the room with its stench of beer and vomit.
a strong and very unpleasant smell, especially from something that is decaying: · The stink from the drains is almost unbearable in summer.stink of: · The stink of burning rubber permeated the hot summer air.
British informal a bad smell: · What a pong! This place hasn't been cleaned for years!
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· He was bouncing around like a ping-pong ball.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • And time is measured out by the di-dock, di-dock of a Ping-pong table.
  • By the production line stand basketball nets and ping-pong tables for use during breaks.
  • Gretel, looking half awake, was standing on the other side of the Ping-Pong table.
  • In front of the platform stood a pair of billiard tables, as shown overleaf.
  • Leaning against the Ping-Pong table, he picked up the stethoscope and felt its peculiar rubbery tubes.
  • She slashed wildly at the ball with the edge of the bat, and the ball bounced under the snooker table.
  • The room was bare except for a ping-pong table on folding trestle legs.
  • The youth leader conveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snooker table.
 British English informal an unpleasant smell:  an awful pong in the fridge► see thesaurus at smell—pong verb [intransitive]
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