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单词 stinker
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Definition of stinker in English:

stinker

noun ˈstɪŋkəˈstɪŋkər
informal
  • 1A person or thing that smells very bad.

    〈非正式〉发恶臭的人(或物)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My dog is a stinker and these things are the only thing that will get rid of the odor quickly without leaving a gross flowery smell behind.
    1. 1.1 A contemptible or very unpleasant person or thing.
      卑鄙的人;极其令人讨厌的人(或物)
      have those little stinkers been bullying you?

      那些讨厌的小家伙一直在欺负你吗?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘With marketing costs spiralling every year, studios increasingly have both economic and psychological incentives to keep their stinkers in the closet,’ he explained.
      • From Hootie to Hanson, there are some '90s stinkers that will kill any dancefloor (and that's ‘kill’ meaning everyone will walk away with hands on their bellies and queasy feelings).
      • He moved into television production and, after a couple of stinkers (Soldier of Fortune Inc, for instance), he hit paydirt with a detective show with a difference.
      • Some of you bleeding heart cinephiles will say this is too much grief to dispense over a silly little movie, since even a really talented performer can occasionally squeeze out a stinker.
      • Of course, every industry will have its share of stinkers and gems.
      • ‘You can have as many nice little touches as you want, but if the song's a bit of a stinker it's not really much use,’ says the jovial bass player, hunched up on a chair in the Glasgow offices of Chemikal Underground.
      • I don't care if he's had a bad game, a stinker or four stinkers in a row.
      • He's written enough that there are some stinkers in there, but that's what happens when you write a lot.
      • Sure, I thought Independence Day and Godzilla were both stinkers but I really enjoyed The Day After Tomorrow.
      • The setting: the annual Raspberry awards, ‘Hollywood's least coveted trophies’ for cinematic stinkers, given out by 700 members of the nonprofit Golden Raspberry Award Foundation.
      • Delicious Vinyl must be trying real hard to make money in 2001, selling their catalogue to Rhino and rehashing stinkers like ‘Funky Cold Medina’ and ‘Bust a Move.’
      • Among the other stinkers that the lobbyists pushed in the name of national security was a waiver from certain FDA rules for drugs that could be marketed to combat bioterrorism.
      • There have been some stinkers in Sydney over the last few years, but let's not get into bagging them now.
      • In direct opposition of these lovelies are stinkers like ‘Gandhi’ and ‘Radio Baghdad.’
      • It is a broadly accepted premise within the writing business that political books are stinkers because the general reading population would rather delve into diets and whodunits than the operation of their democracy.
      • The beauty of the NFL, besides the game itself and all the eye candy surrounding it, is that even if your team looks like a stinker, it can wind up smelling like roses.
      • Yet it earned only just under $52 million at the domestic box office, $15 million of which over its opening weekend, arguably because both critics and the word of mouth declared this Round Table adventure to be a stinker.
      • ‘Sometimes I've had a stinker, but it's not for the lack of trying, it's maybe just been trying something that hasn't come off,’ he adds.
      • I do beat up my brothers sometimes, but only because I like them, have their best interests at heart, and the stinkers deserve it.
      • It may not have received as much coverage as the voluntary voting proposal, but one recommendation in yesterday's report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters is an absolute stinker.
      Synonyms
      unpleasant person
      informal swine, beast, pig, rat, creep, bastard, louse, snake, snake in the grass, skunk, dog, weasel, lowlife, scumbag, heel, stinkpot, bad lot, son of a bitch, s.o.b., nasty piece of work
      British informal scrote
      Irish informal spalpeen
      North American informal rat fink, fink, dirtbag
      Australian informal dingo
      New Zealand informal kuri
      informal, dated rotter, hound, bounder, blighter
      vulgar slang shit, sod
      dated cad
      archaic blackguard, dastard, knave, varlet, whoreson
      nightmare, horror
      informal beast, pig, swine, bummer, bastard, bitch
      Australian/New Zealand informal cow
      vulgar slang bugger, sod
    2. 1.2 A difficult task.
      困难的任务
      Tackled the crossword yet? It's a stinker

      那填字游戏做出来了吗?它非常难做。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This puzzle is a stinker.

Rhymes

blinker, clinker, drinker, finca, freethinker, Glinka, Inca, inker, jinker, shrinker, sinker, Soyinka, stotinka, thinker, tinker, Treblinka, winker

Definition of stinker in US English:

stinker

nounˈstɪŋkərˈstiNGkər
informal
  • 1A person or thing that smells very bad.

    〈非正式〉发恶臭的人(或物)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My dog is a stinker and these things are the only thing that will get rid of the odor quickly without leaving a gross flowery smell behind.
    1. 1.1 A very bad or unpleasant person or thing.
      卑鄙的人;极其令人讨厌的人(或物)
      have those little stinkers been bullying you?

      那些讨厌的小家伙一直在欺负你吗?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • There have been some stinkers in Sydney over the last few years, but let's not get into bagging them now.
      • I do beat up my brothers sometimes, but only because I like them, have their best interests at heart, and the stinkers deserve it.
      • Among the other stinkers that the lobbyists pushed in the name of national security was a waiver from certain FDA rules for drugs that could be marketed to combat bioterrorism.
      • The beauty of the NFL, besides the game itself and all the eye candy surrounding it, is that even if your team looks like a stinker, it can wind up smelling like roses.
      • From Hootie to Hanson, there are some '90s stinkers that will kill any dancefloor (and that's ‘kill’ meaning everyone will walk away with hands on their bellies and queasy feelings).
      • Sure, I thought Independence Day and Godzilla were both stinkers but I really enjoyed The Day After Tomorrow.
      • ‘With marketing costs spiralling every year, studios increasingly have both economic and psychological incentives to keep their stinkers in the closet,’ he explained.
      • Yet it earned only just under $52 million at the domestic box office, $15 million of which over its opening weekend, arguably because both critics and the word of mouth declared this Round Table adventure to be a stinker.
      • It is a broadly accepted premise within the writing business that political books are stinkers because the general reading population would rather delve into diets and whodunits than the operation of their democracy.
      • It may not have received as much coverage as the voluntary voting proposal, but one recommendation in yesterday's report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters is an absolute stinker.
      • ‘Sometimes I've had a stinker, but it's not for the lack of trying, it's maybe just been trying something that hasn't come off,’ he adds.
      • He moved into television production and, after a couple of stinkers (Soldier of Fortune Inc, for instance), he hit paydirt with a detective show with a difference.
      • The setting: the annual Raspberry awards, ‘Hollywood's least coveted trophies’ for cinematic stinkers, given out by 700 members of the nonprofit Golden Raspberry Award Foundation.
      • I don't care if he's had a bad game, a stinker or four stinkers in a row.
      • Some of you bleeding heart cinephiles will say this is too much grief to dispense over a silly little movie, since even a really talented performer can occasionally squeeze out a stinker.
      • In direct opposition of these lovelies are stinkers like ‘Gandhi’ and ‘Radio Baghdad.’
      • Delicious Vinyl must be trying real hard to make money in 2001, selling their catalogue to Rhino and rehashing stinkers like ‘Funky Cold Medina’ and ‘Bust a Move.’
      • He's written enough that there are some stinkers in there, but that's what happens when you write a lot.
      • ‘You can have as many nice little touches as you want, but if the song's a bit of a stinker it's not really much use,’ says the jovial bass player, hunched up on a chair in the Glasgow offices of Chemikal Underground.
      • Of course, every industry will have its share of stinkers and gems.
      Synonyms
      unpleasant person
      nightmare, horror
    2. 1.2 A difficult task.
      困难的任务
      Tackled the crossword yet? It's a stinker

      那填字游戏做出来了吗?它非常难做。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This puzzle is a stinker.
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