| 单词 | to get the scent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get (also take, pick up) the scent P1. to get (also take, pick up) the scent and variants: to detect or identify the scent trail of a quarry. to have the (also a) scent: to have identified (and be following) such a trail. Frequently with of. Also figurative and in figurative contexts (see sense 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > track or perceive using sense of smell i-stinkc1000 smellc1175 smakec1220 feelc1225 asmellc1320 savoura1382 scenta1425 winda1425 get1530 vent1575 nose1577 smell1608 resent1614 snuff1697 to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723 to carry scent1753 find1827 snuffle1871 flair1919 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > (as) by smelling smellc1380 smell?1548 scent?1553 outsmella1563 nosea1637 to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723 snuff1790 besmell1803 sniff1864 snuffle1871 c1422They hadden a sent Of the lady [see sense 2a]. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie O 115 To vent or open as an hounde or spaniel doth when he hath the scent of any thing. 1599I took sent [see sense 2b]. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 152 There be some againe which..take vp any false scent for the truth. 1659 P. Heylyn Certamen Epistolare 365 Having taken up the scent, he hunts it over all his Book with great noise and violence. 1673 R. Honywood tr. B. Nani Hist. Republick of Venice vi. 242 Nor was the business so secretly carried betwixt the two Kings, but that the Princes Confederate with France had a scent of it. 1703 Mirth & Wisdom 13 A Detractor is one of a cunning and active Genius, a Fellow that would have no body esteem'd but himself, yet like a Hound in a Fault, takes the wrong Scent, in pursuit after a Reputation. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 61 He had got a Scent of it. 1794 W. Beaumont tr. J.-J. Barthélemy Trav. Anacharsis (ed. 2) IV. xxxix. 4 The huntsman let loose one of the dogs, and as soon as he perceived he had taken the scent, uncoupled the others. 1833 Court Mag. Oct. 156/1 The too sure bloodhound..took up the scent..and advanced in the same track Pierre had crawled away. 1841 Albion 1 May 156/2 Such an account was, of course, very unsatisfactory to the gossips. Curiosity ran to and fro, with her tongue out like a hound, to pick up the scent. 1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. iii. 77 The police..had got scent of the intended affray. 1930 Z. Fitzgerald in College Humor Apr. 50/2 She stood on the curb like a fine, highbred hunter picking up a cosmic scent on the early winter night. 1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 20 The bear had got the scent of flesh and blood, mingled with the scent of tiger. 1999 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 5 Oct. a9 By the time police took up the scent, all the victims were either cremated or buried. 2008 D. A. Suffolk Boundary Stone & Bounders 206 Binky..was growling furiously because he had a scent of those impudent rabbits again. < as lemmas |
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