| 词组 | stink, stank, stunk |
| 释义 | stink, stank, stunk Both stank and stunk are used as the past tense of stink. Stank is more common in edited prose. Both are standard: • ... Arthur Levitt thought the idea stank —Byron Klapper, Wall Street Jour., 15 Dec. 1975 • ... will tell you that in 1979 business stank —Marc Kirkeby, Rolling Stone, 24 July 1980 • ... although I stunk at algebra, Zock pushed me through —William Goldman, Temple of Gold, 1957 When the verb is followed by of the past tense is almost invariably stank: • The room stank of cigar smoke —Walter Wager, Telefon, 1975 • ... for whom both stank of corruption —Peter Schjeldahl, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 15 Feb. 1976 The past participle of stink is always stunk. |
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