smell

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n. 味道, 气味, 嗅觉, 嗅, 臭味, 气息 vt. 闻, 探出, 察觉, 发出...的气味 vi. 嗅, 散发气味, 发臭

发音

US /smɛl/
UK /smɛl/

词形变化

smells 复数 smells smelled smellest smelleth smelling smells 三单 smelt smold smelling 现在分词 smelled 过去式 smelled 过去分词 smelt 过去式 smelt 过去分词

别名

smel

教材释义与例句

名词

气味，嗅觉；臭味

the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nose

动词

嗅，闻；有…气味

to notice or recognize a particular smell

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

    味道

    味儿

    气味

    可数 不可数

    I love the smell of fresh bread.

  2. 2.

    The sense that detects odours.

    嗅觉

    可数 不可数 医学
  3. 3.

    A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

    可数 不可数
v. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To sense a smell or smells.

    及物

    I can smell fresh bread.

    Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.

  2. 2.

    To sense a smell or smells.

    To detect or perceive; often with out.

    及物 引申义
  3. 3.

    Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

    发出气味

    不及物

    The roses smell lovely.

    Her feet smell of cheese.

    The drunkard smelt like a brewery.

  4. 4.

    Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

    To smell of; to have a smell of

    不及物 引申义
  5. 5.

    Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

    To smell bad; to stink.

    不及物

    Ew, this restroom smells (loathsomely).

  6. 6.

    Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

    To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.

    比喻 不及物

    A report smells of calumny.

  7. 7.

    To give heed to.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

look feel feeling spirit tone scent flavor smelling flavour odor

上位词 10

property atmosphere sensation perception sensing ambience ambiance aesthesis esthesis exteroception

下位词 10

nose stink perfume scent sniff bouquet fragrance stench sweetness snuff
动词

同义词 4

sense smack reek smell out

上位词 5

show express comprehend perceive evince

下位词 10

wind nose stink scent salute sniff whiff snuff reek snuffle

参见 1

smell up

相关短语

smell a rat 感到不妙 smell ya later smell fox smell the barn smell test smell of an oily rag smell like a rose smell up 使充满臭气 smell tests smell blood 察觉到对手的弱点 smell blood in the water smell of the lamp smell fishy smell of the shop smell the roses

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *smel- Proto-West Germanic *smalljan Old English *smiellan Middle English smellen English smell From Middle English smellen, smillen, smyllen, smullen, from Old English *smyllan, *smiellan (“to smell, emit fumes”), from Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (“to glow, burn, smoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *smel- (“to burn, smoke, smoulder; tar, pitch”). The noun is from Middle English smel, smil, smul (“smell, odour”). Related to Saterland Frisian smeele (“to smoulder”), Middle Dutch smōlen (“to burn, smoulder”) (whence Dutch smeulen (“to smoulder”)), Middle Low German smölen (“to be hazy, be dusty”) (whence Low German smölen (“smoulder”)), Low German smullen (“emit smoke”), West Flemish smoel (“stuffy, muggy, hazy”), Danish smul (“dust, powder”), Lithuanian smilkyti (“to incense, fumigate”), Lithuanian smilkti (“to smudge, smolder, fume, reek”), Lithuanian smalkinti (“to fume”), Middle Irish smál, smól, smúal (“fire, gleed, embers, ashes”), Russian смола́ (smolá, “resin, tar”). Compare smoulder, smother.

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