单词	incense
释义	incense1 nounincense2 verb incensein‧cense1 /ˈɪnsens/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINincense1 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French encens, from Latin incensus, past participle of incendere ‘to cause to start burning’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Coffee thermoses, incense pots, boxes of fruit, trays to serve it on, suitcases, prayer mats. He decided to return to Santa Cruz to start again, focusing on his incense. In the wind and cold I could almost hear her chants and gongs, and smell her incense burning. Meditation does not demand sitting cross-legged amidst candles and burning incense, muttering weird incantations. Not quite Eton or Harrow with incense thrown in, but close to it. We return silently down the path, the last rays of light clinging to the incense. word sets WORD SETS► Odours air freshener, nounbittersweet, adjectivebody odour, nounbody spray, nounbouquet, nounfetid, adjectivefoul, adjectivefragrance, nounfragrant, adjectivefrankincense, nounfunk, nounheavy, adjectiveincense, nounminty, adjectivemusk, nounmusty, adjectiveodoriferous, adjectiveodorous, adjectiveodour, nounodourless, adjectiveolfactory, adjectiveperfume, nounperfume, verbredolent, adjectivereek, verbrich, adjectivesavour, nounscent, nounsweet, adjectivewhiff, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► burn · Now there are many mourners, who burn incense and cry out accusations.· Imagine just inside the entrance to the Hall of Justice a head shop with burning incense and cops dressed as hippies.· The alchemist would burn incense and douse himself in specially prepared perfumes before carrying out his experiments.· Some people like to burn incense and kowtow to the book.· Open it, burn the incense.· The black clothes, the gilt, the icons and the burning incense evoke the paintings of Goya. a substance that has a pleasant smell when you burn it:  a church filled with the smell of incense lighted incense sticks incense1 nounincense2 verb incensein·cense2 /ɪnˈsens/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINincense2 Origin: 1400-1500 Old French incenser ‘to cause to start burning’, from Latin incensus; ➔ INCENSE1 Verb Table VERB TABLE incense Simple Form Present I, you, we, they incense he, she, it incenses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they incensed Present perfect I, you, we, they have incensed he, she, it has incensed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had incensed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will incense Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have incensed Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The zoning changes incensed nearby residents. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Any breach of individual liberties affronts and incenses us. As Hall departed for the dressing room, incensed Everton boss Howard Kendall gave him a tongue-lashing from the dugout. Customers are often incensed with the poor interest rate they get on their savings. If you get incensed and act like an idiot, now there are too many idiots on the road. On the other side of the political aisle, an incensed Sen. Pat was so incensed he got up at once and hit Jock, and Mrs Lennox screamed. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► so · Pat was so incensed he got up at once and hit Jock, and Mrs Lennox screamed.· I knew he was so incensed he couldn't control himself.· So incensed are its owners that the controls are to be lifted, at whatever cost to the fish. to make someone very angry:  Spectators were incensed by the referee’s decision.
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