From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstench/stentʃ/noun[countable usually singular]1a very strong badsmellSYNstinkthe stench of urine►seethesaurusatsmell2somethingunpleasantthat makes you believe that something very bad anddishonestis happeningstench ofa government filled with the stench of ...
Middle English, from Old Englishstenc; akin to Old Englishstincanto emit a smell — more atstink First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1 Time Traveler The first known use ofstenchwas before the 12th century ...
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As nouns, 'stench' and 'stink' have a very similar meaning - they are both a very bad smell, and they are both often used with the adjective 'overpowering' - giving the idea that a stench or a stink is a smell that is so bad, it can stop you doing anything! The big difference ...
a这些单词在意思上彼此相关 These words in meaning each other correlation [translate] awhere was the snow from in the garage? 在哪里雪从在车库? [translate] ausually I write is also very scribbled, but this time I really seriously 通常我写非常真正地严重也被乱写,但是这次I [translate] a只怪...
So doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. The meaning of the Authorized Version is tolerably correct, but the actual rendering will hardly stand, and one wants some verb to govern "him that," etc. The other versions vary. Septuagint, "A little wisdom is ...
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Stink; rather, rottenness, as translated in Isaiah 5:24 (compare the cognate verb in Leviticus 26:39). Instead of a girdle a rent. So Lowth and Kay; but most moderns prefer the meaning given by the Septuagint and Vulgate, "instead of a girdle, a rope." The word used occurs only in...
"to grasp firmly," c. 1300, from Old English(be)clencan"to hold fast, make cling," causative ofclingan(seecling, and compareclinch); comparestench/stink. Meaning "to set firmly together" (of fists, teeth, etc.) is from 1747 (clinchin this sense is attested from 1630s). Figurative ...
Meaning "to set firmly together" (of fists, teeth, etc.) is from 1747 (clinch in this sense is attested from 1630s). Figurative sense of "fix or secure by a final act" is from 1670s. Related: Clenched; clenching. cling (v.) Old English clingan "hold fast, adhere closely; congeal...