reek: [OE] Reek originally meant ‘smoke’ (Edinburgh was called Auld [old] Reekie because of its smoky chimneys, not because it smelled). The word came from a prehistoric Germanic *raukiz, which also produced German rauch, Dutch rook, Swedish rök, and Danish røk, all meaning ‘smoke’. It is likely that it was related to Latin ructāre ‘spew out’ (source of English eructate [17]), in which case the etymological notion underlying reek ‘smoke’ is of something ‘belching’ out. The English sense ‘bad smell’ emerged in the 17th century. => eructate
reek (n.)
Old English rec (Anglian), riec (West Saxon), "smoke from burning material," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse reykr, Danish rǿg, Swedish rök "smoke, steam," from Proto-Germanic *raukiz (cognates: Old Frisian rek, Middle Dutch rooc, Old High German rouh, German Rauch "smoke, steam"), from PIE *reug- "to vomit, belch;" also "smoke, cloud." Sense of "stench" is attested 1650s, via the notion of "that which rises" (compare reek (v.)).
reek (v.)
Old English recan (Anglian), reocan (West Saxon) "emit smoke," from Proto-Germanic *reukan (cognates: Old Frisian reka "smoke," Middle Dutch roken, Dutch rieken "to smoke," Old High German riohhan "to smoke, steam," German rauchen "to smoke," riechen "to smell").
Originally a strong verb, with past tense reac, past participle gereocen, but occasionally showing weak conjugation in Old English. Meaning "to emit smoke;" meaning "to emit a bad smell" is recorded from 1710 via sense "be heated and perspiring" (early 15c.). Related: Reeked; reeking.
双语例句
1. He smelt the reek of whisky.
他身上一股威士忌味。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Where there's reek, there's heat.
哪里有恶臭, 哪里必发热.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The portals of the rich reek of flesh and wine while frozen bodies lie by the roadside.
朱门酒肉臭,路有冻死骨.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. Misty it is still, glowing through clouds of dust and reek.
苍茫依然, 光辉正穿透尘灰的层云.
来自辞典例句
5. She took the wet gourd dipper from him, her nostrils wrinkling in distaste at the reek.
