stink¹/stɪŋk; stɪŋk/ v [I] stank /stæŋk; stæŋk/, stunk /stʌŋk; stʌŋk/, stinking 1 to have a very strong and unpleasant smell 有臭味，发恶臭: The room stank of cigar smoke. 房间里有雪茄烟的臭味。 2 sth stinks!spoken informal to be very bad, unpleasant, or unfair 【口，非正式】 某事糟透了！: If you ask me, the whole thing stinks. 要我说，这事完全不像话。