
rankness(名词,较少用)
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The rankness of the trash made everyone step back.
垃圾的恶臭让所有人都后退了一步。
After the storm, the cellar filled with damp air, and a rankness lingered for days despite open windows and fresh paint.
暴风雨过后,地下室充满潮湿空气;尽管开窗通风、又刷了新漆,那股霉湿的臭味仍萦绕了好几天。
rankness 来自形容词 rank(“气味浓烈难闻的;粗俗的;茂盛的”)加名词后缀 -ness(表示“……的状态/性质”)。rank 在中古英语中就有“浓烈、过分”的含义,后来在气味与道德/语言评价(“粗俗、令人反感”)等语境中得到延伸;rankness 则把这种“性质”名词化。