scent
n. 气味, 香味, 香水, 踪迹, 痕迹, 线索, 嗅觉 vt. 闻出, 嗅, 发觉, 使充满气味 vi. 嗅猎, 发出气味
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教材释义与例句
气味；嗅觉；痕迹；察觉能力
闻到；发觉；使充满…的气味；循着遗臭追踪
发出…的气味；有…的迹象；嗅着气味追赶
释义与例句
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1.
A distinctive smell.
香味
香水
气味
可数 不可数the scent of flowers / of a skunk
to give off / release / exude a scent
to breathe in / inhale a scent
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2.
A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
气味
可数 不可数The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.
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3.
The sense of smell.
嗅觉
可数 不可数I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.
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4.
A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
不可数 可数a scent shop
a scent bazaar
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Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
可数 比喻 不可数The minister's off-hand remark put journalists on the scent of a cover-up.
The tip put the detectives on a false scent / the wrong scent.
to pick up a scent / get scent of something
to throw / put someone off the scent
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Sense, perception.
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1.
To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
嗅
嗅觉
嗅到
闻到
及物The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
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2.
To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
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3.
To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
比喻 及物I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.
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4.
To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
及物Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.
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5.
To have a smell; (figuratively) to give an impression (of something).
不及物 废旧1647, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, The False One, Act III, Scene 2, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, London: John Martyn et al., p. 325, I smell him now: fie, how the Knave perfumes him, / How strong he scents of Traitor?
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To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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词源
From Middle English sent (noun) and senten (verb), from Old French sentir (“to feel, perceive, smell, sense”), from Latin sentīre (“to feel, sense”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”), and thus related to Saterland Frisian Sin (“sense”), West Frisian sin (“sense”), Dutch zin (“sense, meaning”), Low German Sinn (“sense”), Luxembourgish Sënn (“sense, perception”), German Sinn (“sense”). The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.
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