| 释义 |
reek AHD[rēk] D.J.[riːk]K.K.[rik]v.（动词）reeked, reek.ing, reeks v.intr.（不及物动词）- To smoke, steam, or fume.冒烟，熏烟：冒烟、蒸发或用烟熏
- To be pervaded by something unpleasant:弥漫，洋溢，充满：充满令人不快的东西："This document . . . reeks of self-pity and self-deception"(Christopher Hitchens)“这份文件…充斥着自怜与自欺”(克里斯托弗·希钦斯)
- To give off or become permeated with a strong, unpleasant odor:发出…气味：散发或充满强烈难闻的气味："Grandma, who reeks of face powder and lilac water"(Garrison Keillor)“奶奶浑身充满了脂粉和丁香水的味道”(加里森·谢勒)
v.tr.（及物动词）- To emit or exude (smoke, for example).散发：散发或发散出（烟等）
- To process or treat by exposing to the action of smoke.熏：通过置于烟的作用下来进行加工或处理
n.（名词）- A strong, offensive odor; a stench.See Synonyms at stench 臭气：强烈的难闻的气味；臭气 参见 stench
- Vapor; steam.蒸汽；水汽
- Middle English reken [to smoke] 中古英语 reken [冒烟]
- from Old English rēocan [to emit smoke] 源自 古英语 rēocan [散发出烟雾]
- rēcan [to expose to smoke] * see reug- rēcan [暴露在烟雾中] * 参见 reug-
reekʹer n.（名词）reekʹy adj.（形容词）注释- Reek is a word that can be said to have been degraded by the company that it has kept. The Old English wordrēocan, one of two ancestors of our word, meant "to emit vapor, steam, or smoke,” while the other Old English ancestor,rēcan, meant "to fumigate, expose to smoke,” or "to cause to emit smoke, burn incense.”Burning incense and fumigating are certainly a far cry from the sort of thing now denoted by the verbreek. But at least in one case Old Englishrēocan did mean "to stink,” hardly a surprise when one considers how bad some smoke smells. Middle Englishreken, the descendant of these two Old English words, never meant "to stink,” but it could refer to a stench while meaning "to rise, ascend.”It would seem that the various exhalations of heated persons and animals, of freshly shed blood, and of smoke referred to by Middle Englishreken and its Modern English descendantreek eventually overwhelmed the word, so that as far as concrete senses are concerned, we largely think of it as meaning "to stink.”Reek 这个词可以说是近墨者黑的典型。 意为“散发出蒸气或烟”的古英语单词是reocan 的两个词源之一， 而另一个古英语词源是recan ， 意为“熏，与烟接触，”或“使散发烟，焚香”。焚香和熏的义项与今天使用的动词reek 的意义已相差甚远。 但至少古英语中reocan 确有“发出恶臭”之意，想到烟有多难闻，生出这一意思也就不足为奇了。 中古英语reken 是这两个古英语词的后代， 但却从无“发出恶臭”之意，在表示“上升，登高”之意时可以指臭气。中古英语reken 一词可指发热的人和畜的各种呼气、刚流出的鲜血以及烟， 其现代英语传下的词reek 最终覆盖了此词的本来意义， 以致我们一般认为该词的具体意思是“发出难闻的气味”
|