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单词 scent
释义
scent
(sent )
Word forms: scents , scenting , scented
1. countable noun B2
The scent of something is the pleasant smell that it has.
Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.
2. verb
If something scents a place or thing, it makes it smell pleasant.
Jasmine flowers scent the air. [VERB noun]
Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas. [VERB noun + with]
3. variable noun
Scent is a liquid which you can put on your skin to make yourself smell nice. [British]
She dabbed herself with scent.
regional note:   in AM, use perfume
4. variable noun B2
The scent of a person or animal is the smell that they leave and that other people sometimes follow when looking for them.
A police dog picked up the murderer's scent.
Many kinds of insect find their mates by scent.
Synonyms: trail, track, spoor  
5. verb [no cont]
When an animal scents something, it becomes aware of it by smelling it.
...dogs which scent the hidden birds. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: smell, sense, recognize, detect  
6. verb
If you scent a situation, you feel that it is going to happen.
Republicans from Pennsylvania and New York are scenting victory. [VERB noun]
Idioms:
scent blood
to sense a weakness in your opponent and take advantage of it
Right wing parties, scenting blood, have been holding talks aimed at building an alternative coalition.
throw someone off the scent
to deliberately confuse or deceive someone who is trying to find out the truth about something, by making them believe something that is not true
The murderer tried to throw the cops off the scent by claiming that he saw another man attacking the woman.
Collocations:
scent trail
We'll make a scent trail or put new toys in.
Times, Sunday Times
However, hunts can follow a scent trail instead of a fox.
Times,Sunday Times
Rain comes, which was magicked, and weakens the scent trail of the prince.
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Later years saw the addition of the aniseed and paraffin scent trail.
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A scent trail of pheasant viscera leads the cat to the pit.
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signature scent
Unfortunately, her new signature scent makes her feel sick.
The Sun
Out goes the notion of slavish fidelity to a signature scent; in comes the beguiling promiscuity of a perfume wardrobe.
Times, Sunday Times
It costs 65 including a 50ml bottle of your signature scent to take away.
The Sun
Instead, you can let your perfume do the talking, so invest in a signature scent.
Times, Sunday Times
So whether you are looking for a new signature scent or just something gorgeously summery to take on holiday, here are some of my suggestions.
The Sun
smell a scent
I hold it to my face and breathe in, longing to smell her scent.
The Sun
It has flowers that seem so real you can almost smell their scent.
Times, Sunday Times
Maybe you will see a bird or two, some bees or insects, and hear the rustle of grasses and leaves, smell the scent of flowers.
Times, Sunday Times
He began to smell the scent of perfume, seeing the body of the saint.
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She can smell the scent of music.
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strong scent
The garage fed out a strong scent of aerosol every time the door was opened.
Christianity Today
I can still conjure up the strong scent of the pine trees and the feel of the hot sand beneath our feet.
Times, Sunday Times
Cantaloupe melon, which has a strong scent that can taint other food, should be placed in an airtight container.
Times, Sunday Times
The frilly flowers have a strong scent and long stems.
Times, Sunday Times
The latter group includes a subsection known as violettas, which have strong scent, no rays and a shorter, neater habit.
Times, Sunday Times
sweet scent
A more delicate, wispy orchid is the fragrant orchid, a plant of the chalk downs, also with simple-faced flowers but with a powerful sweet scent.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
On downland the fragrant orchid, which also has unspotted leaves, has its pink flowers more loosely arranged at the top and has a sweet scent.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We pass orange trees in blossom, heady with sweet scent.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Another abundant grass is sweet vernal grass, which is shorter and has a rougher, more tufty spike, but is distinguished by its sweet scent.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
I shook in some bubble bath powder and watched the water turn aqua, the sweet scent circling around me like smoke.
Andrews, Virginia WEB OF DREAMS (2001)
Translations:
Chinese: 香味, 使充满香味
Japanese: におい, かおらせる
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