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单词 evil-smelling
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Definition of evil-smelling in English:

evil-smelling

adjective
  • Having an extremely unpleasant smell.

    an evil-smelling cesspit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Great clouds of filthy, evil-smelling smoke billowed from his garden to ours, rolled over the house and down the other side.
    • The first spill of some 5,000 tonnes of oil fouled beaches with an evil-smelling bed of tar, killed or coated hundreds of seabirds and caused untold damage to the region's renowned shellfish and fish resources.
    • In the old dockyard quarter of La Boca, US tourists posed for photos with tango artistes beside the most evil-smelling, polluted river I've ever come across.
    • In a moment of devilment, or perhaps madness, I accepted a mouthful of this evil-smelling mess of which any aspiring witch would be proud.
    • Smoke generators, burning fuel oil to create a dense and evil-smelling cloud, were able to screen targets from air or ground attack for extended periods.
    • An evil-smelling cigar butt, very much frazzled, protruded from the corner of his mouth.
    • As I came up he was lighting rank tobacco, in a cutty pipe, with an evil-smelling match, and the flame showed me the suspicion of a smile.
    • We had a fairly long walk in the fields and got into an evil-smelling swamp.
    • It was always fish on a Friday, and at this particular convent it was invariably a somewhat evil-smelling fish pie - its smell haunts me to this day.
    • They live in a small flat off the foyer, with a blaring TV and something evil-smelling boiling on the stove.

Definition of evil-smelling in US English:

evil-smelling

adjectiveˈivəlˌsmɛlɪŋˈēvəlˌsmeliNG
  • Having an extremely unpleasant smell.

    an evil-smelling cesspit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We had a fairly long walk in the fields and got into an evil-smelling swamp.
    • They live in a small flat off the foyer, with a blaring TV and something evil-smelling boiling on the stove.
    • In a moment of devilment, or perhaps madness, I accepted a mouthful of this evil-smelling mess of which any aspiring witch would be proud.
    • Smoke generators, burning fuel oil to create a dense and evil-smelling cloud, were able to screen targets from air or ground attack for extended periods.
    • Great clouds of filthy, evil-smelling smoke billowed from his garden to ours, rolled over the house and down the other side.
    • It was always fish on a Friday, and at this particular convent it was invariably a somewhat evil-smelling fish pie - its smell haunts me to this day.
    • In the old dockyard quarter of La Boca, US tourists posed for photos with tango artistes beside the most evil-smelling, polluted river I've ever come across.
    • An evil-smelling cigar butt, very much frazzled, protruded from the corner of his mouth.
    • The first spill of some 5,000 tonnes of oil fouled beaches with an evil-smelling bed of tar, killed or coated hundreds of seabirds and caused untold damage to the region's renowned shellfish and fish resources.
    • As I came up he was lighting rank tobacco, in a cutty pipe, with an evil-smelling match, and the flame showed me the suspicion of a smile.
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