释义 |
patchoulipa‧tchou‧li /pəˈtʃuːli/ noun [uncountable] patchouliOrigin: 1800-1900 Tamil paccouli - A thousand smells, of sausages and sweat, phosphorus and patchouli, mingle promiscuously in the arcades.
- But he was still so close that he could smell the perfume of patchouli on the corpse's moustache.
- It was probably with the patchouli that she had caught William Litz White, her husband.
- People who like spicy food for example, also plump for strong, penetrating essences such as patchouli and ginger.
- There was a strong sweet scent; sandalwood and patchouli and freshly cut grass on a summer morning.
a type of perfume made from the leaves of a South East Asian bush |