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fetor

/fee-ter/US // ˈfi tər //UK // (ˈfiːtə, -tɔː) //

胎儿,胎教,胎记,胎盘

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a strong, offensive smell; stench.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He was blinded by light and deafened by sound and his nostrils were filled with the nauseating fetor of jungle and decay.

  • Liquor gurgled down; the smell of whisky added its fetor to the stench of oil, bilge, sweat and blood.

  • In vain it was to rake for Ambergriese in the paunch of this Leviathan, insufferable fetor denying not inquiry.

  • Dalgard's less sensitive nostrils picked up a new scent, the not-to-be-missed fetor of damp underground ways where water stood.

  • Lemna minor where the crusts and the muco-purulent discharge are very abundant with fetor (in rhinitis atrophics).