英単語

stinkの意味・使い方・発音

stink

英 [stɪŋk] 美 [stɪŋk]
  • n. 悪臭を放つ;不快な人
  • vi. 悪臭を放つ;迷惑をかける
  • vt. 悪臭を放つ;悪臭を放つ

語源


stink 悪臭を放つ、悪臭を放つ、悪臭を放つ。

stench動詞形から。スペルバンク、ベンチと比較する。

英語の語源


stink
stink: [OE] Stink comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *stingkwan, which also produced German and Dutch stinken. Another form of the base, *stengkw-, gave English stench [OE]. Its ancestral meaning is probably simply ‘smell’, but it early on became specialized to ‘smell bad’.
=> stench
stink (v.)
Old English stincan "emit a smell of any kind; exhale; rise (of dust, vapor, etc.)" (class III strong verb; past tense stanc, past participle stuncen), common West Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon stincan, West Frisian stjonke, Old High German stinkan, Dutch stinken), from the root of stench. Old English had swote stincan "to smell sweet," but offensive sense also was in Old English and predominated by mid-13c.; smell now tends the same way. Figurative meaning "be offensive" is from early 13c.; meaning "be inept" is recorded from 1924. To stink to high heaven first recorded 1963.
stink (n.)
mid-13c., "strong offensive odor," from stink (v.). Sense of "extensive fuss" first recorded 1812.

例文


1. He was aware of the stink of stale beer on his breath.
彼は自分の口の中に変味ビールのすえた味があることを知っている。

2.The tabloid press kicked up a stink about his seven-day visit.
タブロイド紙の報道は、7日間の訪問に対する民衆の強い不満を引き起こした。

3.I think their methods stink .
彼らの方法は最悪だと思います。

4.The stink was fit to knock you down.
この臭いは人を燻すほどだ。

5.The stink was overpowering.
臭いがぷんぷんする。

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