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stinker

/sting-ker/US // ˈstɪŋ kər //UK // (ˈstɪŋkə) //

臭虫,恶鬼,臭鬼,恶臭

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that stinks.
    • : Informal. a mean or despicable person; louse.
    • : Informal. something, especially some form of entertainment, of inferior quality.
    • : Informal. something difficult: a real stinker of a crossword puzzle.
    • : any device emitting an offensive odor, as a stink bomb or stinkpot.
    • : Dialect. any of several large petrels.

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Examples

  • Pretty well by Russian standards—a free peasant was known as a smerd, meaning “stinker.”

  • And the stench of desperation from retailers, fearful that the vital Christmas holiday season will be a stinker.

  • [Laughs] KROLL: The “Tinker Stinker” I like, in that it felt like a true labeling of something that happens.

  • My Lecter-like sense of smell tells me this gussied-up stinker has the whiff of “hit” all over it.

  • As for revamping Medicare, this is an across-the-board stinker.

  • Nothin', only you're a white-livered stinker, an' I'm jest a-spoilin' foh a fight with you-all.

  • With one accord Stinker's suggestion was acclaimed, and the bomb was thrust into the glowing coals of Rumford's study fire.

  • Stinker had produced from his pocket a corked test-tube, tightly packed with some dark substance.

  • At that moment "the rat-faced little stinker" himself appeared, hat on head and light overcoat thrown over his arm.

  • "That fellow's a stinker," Wick decided, never to change his mind.