单词 | perfume |
释义 | perfume (once / 392 pages) nv That delicious mid-summer smell in the middle of a rose garden? You can call that its perfume. If you apply scented oil to your neck and wrists before leaving your house every the morning, you know what perfume is. Another kind of perfume is one that doesn't come in a bottle, like the smell of your mom's cinnamon rolls or the salty fragrance of the ocean after a storm. The earliest use of perfume in English specifically meant "the smell of something burning," and the Latin root is smoky as well: fumare means "to smoke" and per means "through." WORD FAMILYperfume: perfumed, perfumer, perfumery, perfumes, perfuming+/perfumer: perfumers/perfumery: perfumeries USAGE EXAMPLESFor Lia Ramhawati, 36, who sells perfume at an upscale department store in central Jakarta, the uproar over Christmas clothes is much ado about nothing. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) The 10 chapters — each devoted to a single decade — examine 10 different perfumes that influenced that decade. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) Besides its use as incense, frankincense gum is distilled into oil for use in perfumes, skin lotions, medicine and chewing gum. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1n a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor Syn|Hypo|Hyper essence cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol pachouli, patchouli, patchoulya heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant perfumeryperfumes in general potpourria jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume rose waterperfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses eau de toilette, toilet watera perfumed liquid lighter than cologne toilet articles, toiletry artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) 2n a distinctive odor that is pleasant Syn|Hypo|Hyper aroma, fragrance, scent 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 3v apply perfume to She perfumes herself every day Syn|Hyper scent groom, neaten care for one's external appearance 4v fill or impregnate with an odor orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden Syn|Hyper aromatise, aromatize odorize, odourise, scent cause to smell or be smelly |
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