fetid
adjective(also British English, less frequent foetid)
[usually before noun] (formal)smelling very unpleasant 恶臭的 She tried to inhale as little of the fetid air as possible. 她尽量少吸入恶臭的空气。
Extra ExamplesHe felt the creature's hot, fetid breath against his skin. 他感觉到这个生物灼热、恶臭的气息贴着他的皮肤。 The damp, fetid conditions were shocking. 潮湿恶臭的环境令人震惊。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFetid is used with these nouns:- stench
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin fetidus (often mistakenly spelled foetidus), from fetere ‘to stink’.