mindmap root((难闻)) malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive: ~ unidentified substances in the refrigerator. stinking suggests the foul or disgusting: prisoners were held in ~ cells. fetid implies an odor which is peculiarly offensive: skunk cabbage is a ~ weed. noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive: a ~ toxic waste dump. putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter: the typically ~ smell of a fish pier. rancid suggests foulness of both taste and smell, usually of fatty substances that have spoiled: the unmistakable stink of ~ butter. （spoil和decay同义表示腐坏但多指食物） rank suggests a strong, unpleasant, but not necessarily foul smell: rooms filled with the ~ smoke of cigars. fusty suggests lack of fresh air and sunlight and implies prolonged uncleanness: the ~ rooms of a bus station. musty implies staleness marked by dampness, darkness, and moldiness: the ~ odor of a damp cellar.