reeking
present participle ofreek
| 单词 | reeking |
| 释义 | reeking present participle ofreek reek verb[I] informaluk/riːk/us/riːk/to have astrongunpleasantsmell: Herbreathreekedofgarlic. Smells & smelling
Phrasal verbreek ofsomething Examplesofreekingreeking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Months of planning and preliminary work set the stage for an installation based primarily on a low-tech, makeshift design,reekingof potential disaster (in all good ways). From theCambridge English Corpus Those trying to describe the effects of art or music in words would grasp at metaphors which struck the modern man as being pitifully unscientific andreekingof subjectivity. From theCambridge English Corpus Surely it is not right that you should come out of a pub or a cinema with your clothes and hairreekingof stale smoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have an atmospherereekingof deceit—the unmistakable whiff of under-arm aspirations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble only comes in from villainous adulteration, and from the sale of raw spirit while it is stillreekingwith fusel oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been surrounded by thatreekingdirt stack all my life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would almost go so far as to say that in many respects their proposals arereeking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The majority are intensely ashamed of ditchesreekingwith the overflow from unemptied cesspits and of fields and gardens used as sewage dumps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not even a fresh herring, but old andreeking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He does not approach the problemreekingof the midnight oil of academic study. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was a miner for 21 years and was not allowed to go down the pit shaft, along with other miners,reekingof ale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The banks arereekingwith profits that they have never known before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The plaster was falling from the walls and the houses werereekingwith dampness and water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is simply unpleasant and unacceptable to go homereekingof tobacco smoke after sitting in a restaurant, pub or some other public place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is, as is clear from the silence, that nobody did, because nobody would support a proposal soreekingof political corruption and so consistent with party political advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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