| 单词 | scent |
| 释义 | scent (once / 313 pages) nv A scent is a smell. Every house has a particular scent that is recognizable to people as belonging to that house. Scent comes from the Latin sentire meaning "to feel, perceive, sense." The word was originally used in reference to hunting dogs, who track down animals by their scent. If you "pick up a scent," then you have a clue about something. If you wear a perfume, then you leave your scent in the air as you pass. Use scent instead of smell if you want to talk about a distinctively nice odor, like the scent of fresh-cut grass. WORD FAMILYscent: scented, scenting, scentless, scents+/scented: ill-scented USAGE EXAMPLESLikewise, it's not clear whether an aromatherapy diffuser needs to be smartphone-controlled, even if its scents really boost memory and clean lungs, as claimed. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) She wanted to throw the wolves off the scent. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) The scent, it transpires, is white tea and thyme. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) 1n any property detected by the olfactory system Syn|Hypo|Hyper aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, smell bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness a pleasingly sweet olfactory property fetidness, foulness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkinessthe attribute of having a strong offensive smell muskinesshaving the olfactory properties of musk rancidnessthe property of being rancid B.O., body odor, body odourmalodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe property a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class 2n a distinctive odor that is pleasant Syn|Hypo|Hyper aroma, fragrance, perfume incense the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form 3n an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced Hypo|Hyper musk the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form 4v catch the scent of; get wind of Syn|Hyper nose, wind smell inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 5v cause to smell or be smelly Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper odorize, odourise deodorise, deodorize, deodourise eliminate the odor from smell up, stink out, stink up cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell aromatise, aromatize, perfumefill or impregnate with an odor cense, incense, thurifyperfume especially with a censer cause to be perceived have perceptible qualities 6v apply perfume to Syn|Hyper perfume groom, neaten care for one's external appearance |
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