| 单词 | odorous |
| 释义 | odorous (once / 4562 pages) adj Anything that has a strong scent can be described as odorous. Usually if you say something is odorous you mean that it smells unpleasant — like an odorous blue cheese made from unpasteurized milk. The adjective odorous comes from the Latin odorus, meaning “fragrant.” Typically, you wouldn’t say, “those roses you sent me are so odorous!” Although that comment could be literally correct, the implication would be insulting to the giver of said roses. More common uses of odorous might include: odorous gym mats, odorous garbage can, odorous gas fumes — you get the picture. Or rather the stench. WORD FAMILYodorous: inodorous, odorously+/deodorant: deodorants/deodorise: deodorised, deodorises, deodorising/deodorize: deodorized, deodorizing/inodorous: inodorously/odor: deodorant, deodorise, deodorize, odorize, odorless, odorous, odors/odorize: odorized/odorless: odorlessly USAGE EXAMPLESFollowing the switch to the Flint river, residents immediately began complaining about discolored, odorous water. The Guardian(Jun 22, 2016) The air temperature in the building had soared beyond ninety degrees, and the place had turned steamy, odorous, alive with monkey calls. Richard Preston, The Hot Zone(1994) The embryo's survival may be enhanced by the odorous, oily secretions of the mother's preen gland that grease the eggs' shells during laying and incubation. Nature(Apr 12, 2016) 1adj having odor or a characteristic odor odorous jasmine flowers odorous garbage fresh odorous bread Syn|Ant alliaceous smelling of onions or garlic almond-scentedsmelling of almond anise-scentedsmelling of anise apple-scentedsmelling of apples balsam-scentedsmelling of balsam resin candy-scentedsmelling of candy cedar-scentedsmelling like cedar cinnamon-scentedsmelling of cinnamon clove-scentedsmelling of clove ginger-scentedsmelling of ginger honey-scentedsmelling of honey lemon-scentedsmelling of lemons mint-scentedsmelling of mint musk-scented, musky-scentedsmelling of musk pleasant-smellinghaving an odor that is pleasing redolent, smelling(used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous scented(used in combination) having the odor of spice-scentedsmelling of spices strong-scented, strong-smellinghaving a strong odor tansy-scented, tansy-smellingsmelling of tansy tea-scentedsmelling of tea vanilla-scentedsmelling of vanilla violet-scentedsmelling of violets inodorous, odorless, odourless having no odor non-aromaticnot aromatic scentlessemitting or holding no odor 2adj emitting an odor odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack Syn odoriferous ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling having an unpleasant smell 3adj having a natural fragrance the odorous air of the orchard Syn odoriferous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling fragrant pleasant-smelling |
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