Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense reeks, present participle reeking, past tense, past participle reeked
1VERB 散發…的氣味;具有濃烈的…氣味 To reek of something, usually something unpleasant, means to smell very strongly of it. 散發…的氣味;具有濃烈的…氣味
Your breath reeks of stale cigar smoke. [VERB + of]
你滿嘴都是難聞的雪茄味。
The entire house reeked for a long time. [VERB]
整座房子長時間一直有股難聞的味道。
Reek is also a noun.
He smelt the reek of whisky.
他身上一股威士忌味。
2VERB 明顯帶有(令人不悅的想法、感覺或行爲) If you say that something reeks of unpleasant ideas, feelings, or practices, you disapprove of it because it gives a strong impression that it involves those ideas, feelings, or practices. 明顯帶有(令人不悅的想法、感覺或行爲) [disapproval]