名詞 reek:

1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
   同義詞：malodor, malodour, stench, stink, fetor, foetor, mephitis

動詞 reek:

1. have an element suggestive (of something)
   同義詞：smack
2. smell badly and offensively
   同義詞：stink
3. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
   同義詞：fume
4. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.

1. That reek is from the fox.
   那股惡臭是狐貍發(fā)出的。
2. Do you smell the reek of stale tobacco?
   你聞到發(fā)霉煙草的臭味了嗎？

reek

v.（動詞）
reeked,reek.ing,reeks
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To smoke, steam, or fume.
冒煙，熏煙：冒煙、蒸發(fā)或用煙熏
To be pervaded by something unpleasant:
彌漫，洋溢，充滿：充滿令人不快的東西：
例句：
.This document . . . reeks of self-pity and self-deception.(Christopher Hitchens)
.這份文件…充斥著自憐與自欺.(克里斯托弗·希欽斯)

To give off or become permeated with a strong, unpleasant odor:
發(fā)出…氣味：散發(fā)或充滿強(qiáng)烈難聞的氣味：
例句：
.Grandma, who reeks of face powder and lilac water.(Garrison Keillor)
.奶奶渾身充滿了脂粉和丁香水的味道.(加里森·謝勒)

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To emit or exude (smoke, for example).
散發(fā)：散發(fā)或發(fā)散出（煙等）
To process or treat by exposing to the action of smoke.
熏：通過置于煙的作用下來進(jìn)行加工或處理
n.（名詞）
A strong, offensive odor; a stench.See Synonyms at stench
臭氣：強(qiáng)烈的難聞的氣味；臭氣參見 stench
Vapor; steam.
蒸汽；水汽

來源：
Middle English reken [to smoke]
中古英語 reken [冒煙]
from Old English rôocan [to emit smoke]
源自 古英語 rôocan [散發(fā)出煙霧]
rôcan [to expose to smoke] * see reug-
rôcan [暴露在煙霧中] *參見 reug-

【引伸】
reek.er
n.（名詞）
reek.y
adj.（形容詞）
<注釋>Reek is a word that can be said to have been degraded by the company that it has kept. The Old English wordrôocan, one of two ancestors of our word, meant .to emit vapor, steam, or smoke,. while the other Old English ancestor,rôcan, meant .to fumigate, expose to smoke,. or .to cause to emit smoke, burn incense..Burning incense and fumigating are certainly a far cry from the sort of thing now denoted by the verbreek. But at least in one case Old Englishrôocan did mean .to stink,. hardly a surprise when one considers how bad some smoke smells. Middle Englishreken, the descendant of these two Old English words, never meant .to stink,. but it could refer to a stench while meaning .to rise, ascend..It would seem that the various exhalations of heated persons and animals, of freshly shed blood, and of smoke referred to by Middle Englishreken and its Modern English descendantreek eventually overwhelmed the word, so that as far as concrete senses are concerned, we largely think of it as meaning .to stink..
Reek 這個詞可以說是近墨者黑的典型。 意為.散發(fā)出蒸氣或煙.的古英語單詞是reocan 的兩個詞源之一， 而另一個古英語詞源是recan ， 意為.熏，與煙接觸，.或.使散發(fā)煙，焚香.。焚香和熏的義項(xiàng)與今天使用的動詞reek 的意義已相差甚遠(yuǎn)。 但至少古英語中reocan 確有.發(fā)出惡臭.之意，想到煙有多難聞，生出這一意思也就不足為奇了。 中古英語reken 是這兩個古英語詞的后代， 但卻從無.發(fā)出惡臭.之意，在表示.上升，登高.之意時可以指臭氣。中古英語reken 一詞可指發(fā)熱的人和畜的各種呼氣、剛流出的鮮血以及煙， 其現(xiàn)代英語傳下的詞reek 最終覆蓋了此詞的本來意義， 以致我們一般認(rèn)為該詞的具體意思是.發(fā)出難聞的氣味.