单词 | smelling |
释义 | smellingn. 1. a. The sense of smell. Cf. smell n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > sense of smell smellingc1175 smellc1200 nosea1375 odoura1450 scent1488 odorate1614 parosmis1817 parosmia1884 osmatism1903 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 75 Hore loking, hore blawing, hore smelling, heore feling wes al iattret. c1230 Hali Meid. 13 Sihðe & heringe, smecchunge & smeallunge. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xii. 17 If al the body be heeringe, where is smellinge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17017 Hering, sight, smelling and fele. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 7 Þi heryng, þi seyng,..þi smellyng, here be iij [senses]. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1444 It was odour wondir swete, Þat þar with his smellyng mete. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. I.ijv He had a good and a quycke smellyng. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 95 Sweet is fresh aire to lost prisoners smelling. 1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §xciii Smelling is one of the meanest, and least useful of the senses. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 101 I have lost as well my smelling, as my taste. 1710 Brit. Apollo 8–11 Sept. He lost his Smelling. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 105 His senses of smelling and hearing are in no less perfection. b. The act or fact of smelling. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > exercising sense of smell snevingc1200 odoration?a1425 snokingc1440 smelling1509 smellc1560 vent1575 venting1611 sniff1767 snuff1822 olfaction1833 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxiv. 109 Whan that the nose therof hath smellinge. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Odor The smellyng..of a thyng. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Halenement,..a smelling, or searching out. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 66 They cannot ever after come to the Use of their Teeth, or get smelling of a Crust. 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. iii. iv. 304 Smelling obviously implies the contact of dispersed particles with a specially-modified part of the organism. 1893 Daily News 20 Sept. 5/4 A smelling-out case by witch doctors. 1899 H. R. Haggard Swallow ix She never took part in the ‘smelling-out’ of human beings for witchcraft. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] smacka1000 breathOE smella1175 irea1300 weffea1300 thefa1325 relesec1330 odour?c1335 incensea1340 flair1340 savoura1350 smellingc1386 flavourc1400 fumec1400 reflairc1400 air?a1439 scent?1473 taste?c1475 verdure1520 senteur1601 waft1611 effluvium1656 fluor1671 burning scent1681 aura1732 fumet1735 snuff1763 olfacient1822 odouret1825 waff1827 gush1841 sniff1844 tang1858 nose1894 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. (Harl.) 337 Lo, þus by smellyng and by þredbare array If þat men list, þis folk þey knowe may. a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 2573 Swete is þe smellyng of þe flore. c1480 J. Watton Speculum Christiani 46 b Ther of come swete smellyng; Sweter felt neuer man here lyuyng. 1483 Cath. Angl. 346/1 A Smellynge, odor. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Senteur, sent, odor, smelling, sauor. Compounds attributive. a. smelling-hair, smelling-organ, etc. (cf. smeller n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > feeler > hair-like smelling-organ1596 smeller1665 palpocil1860 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous parts of > whiskers camps?a1500 smelling-organ1596 mustachios1605 granons1607 smeller1665 cheek bristles1848 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B Almost as slender..as a Catts smelling haires. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man ii. ix. 328 Thread-like bodies, which are believed to act as smelling-organs. 1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) ii. 33 The other has antennæ much more abundantly furnished with smelling-hairs. b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] leightonc950 orchardOE garden1279 yard1390 vergera1400 smelling cheat1567 garden ground1577 gardenage1600 smeller1610 viridary1657 viridariumc1660 gardening1682 greenery1783 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giiiv A smelling chet, a garden or orchard. 1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. Eiv Smellar, a garden; not Smelling cheate, for thats a Nosegay. smelling-bottle n. a phial or small bottle for containing smelling-salts or perfume ready for use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > medicine chest, bag, etc. > [noun] > bottle for smelling-salts smelling-bottle1722 the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > perfume making > [noun] > container musk ball1423 puff1436 casting-glass1544 perfuming pan1558 perfumer1591 pouncet-box1598 perfumier1601 sweet-bag1615 casting-bottle1638 perfuming pota1650 musk bag1687 smelling-bottle1722 scent-bottle1765 scent box1777 vinaigrette1811 scent jar1813 scent bag1816 scent ball1832 pouncet1843 scent casket1845 pot-pourri jar1848 cassolette1851 scent sachet1856 scent spray1858 lavender drawer1863 lavender bag1865 odorator1890 pot-pourri bowl1904 lavender sachet1938 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 239 In a Word, the whole Church was like a smelling Bottle. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 216 My sister began to..use her smelling-bottle. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xvi. 370 When tea had been carried round, handkerchiefs and smelling bottles prepared [etc.]. 1842 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 150 He..bought me a very nice smelling-bottle. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. xii. 285 Ethel's smelling-bottle revived one or two..ladies. 1936 W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! vi. 195 Clytie..stood impassive beside the wagon that last day, following the second ceremonial to the grave with the silk cushion and the parasol and the smelling-bottle. smelling-salts n. a preparation of carbonate of ammonia and scent for smelling, used as a restorative in cases of faintness or headache. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restoratives for faintness swooning-water1574 sal volatile1654 melancholy water1670 salt of hartshorn1680 sal1706 salt1740 eau-de-Luce1756 restorative1825 smelling-salts1841 salts-bottle1847 Preston salts1858 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlvi. 50 Vinegar, hartshorn, smelling-salts. 1892 L. Clifford Aunt Anne I. 35 She thought he was ill, and..offered him some smelling-salts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). smellingadj. 1. Giving out a smell or odour. Chiefly with qualifying term (see also sweet-smelling adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] strongOE savouringc1384 breatheda1398 flairinga1400 smellinga1400 odorifere?a1425 odorous?a1425 smellablec1449 odoranta1465 odoriferousc1487 odiferousa1500 odoureda1500 odiferant1509 redolent?a1513 reflairing1523 odoriferantc1550 scenting1577 odorable1589 breathful1593 fat1598 olent1607 smelled1617 odorific1685 tainted1704 odourful1889 osmic1912 a1400 Bk. to Mother (Egerton) in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 40 I lilie of the valeyes, that is most white chast love and moste smelȝene. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3695 Quen he had felt his smelland clath.., ‘Þis voice,’ he said, ‘þat i here, Is of iacob’. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ii. 11 Therfore thei made that pece [of the cross]..of Cypres; For it is welle smellynge. 1483 Cath. Angl. 346/1 Smellynge, odorabilis, odorifer. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 324/2 Smellyng, that maye sone be smelled, odoratif. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. ix. 84 b A..viall ful of sweete and smelling water. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes Ep. Ded. Some..pronosticate of faire, of foule and of smelling weather. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regnard, a long-tailed, and ranke-smelling fish. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) viii. 72 It was not, naturally, a fresh-smelling house. 1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children x. 76 A particularly nasty smelling ferret. 2. Having the sense of smell, or the faculty of perceiving by smell. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell smelling1598 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 59 But Grillus subtile-smelling swinish snout Must sent,..and needes will finde it out. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 154 Vnto all these smelling Dogs, I may also adde the water Spagnell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.c1175adj.a1400 |
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