smelly

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 smĕlʹē

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A smelly person. rare
    — And I can get home myself, thank you. Little smelly.
  2. a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives. informal
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a bad smell.
    — She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.
  2. Having a quality that arouses suspicion. figuratively
    — The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case."
  3. Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell. figuratively,slang
    — That smelly code needs to be refactored.

词形变化

smellier comparative smelliest superlative smellies plural smellies plural

词汇关系

近义词
foul-smelling malodorous rank stinky whiffy
反义词
aromatic fragrant sweet-smelling above board clean
衍生词
smellily smelliness smelly freckle unsmelly

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *smel-der.
Proto-West Germanic *smalljan
Old English *smiellan
Middle English smellen
English smell
English -y
English smelly
From smell + -y.
词源 2
A comical pronunciation of the initials SMLE.
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