| 单词 | musky |
| 释义 | musky (once / 17589 pages) adj A musky smell might make you close your eyes and smile, or it might make you leave a room. Either way, it’s a very strong and sweet odor that's hard to ignore. Musk is a scent that deer secrete to convince a mate to cuddle with them, and so a musky odor often does the same for humans. But not always! A woman wearing musky perfume might inspire you to ask her on a date, but sometimes rotting fruit smells musky as well. Hard to know whether smelling musky is a good or bad thing. If you can’t decide, just go scent-free. WORD FAMILYmusky: muskier, muskiest, muskiness+/musk: musks, musky USAGE EXAMPLESRoasted broccoli wears a garlic and anchovy bagna cauda sauce musky with Indonesian long pepper. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) I liked the musky taste and the theater of the salt and lime, so much that I had a few more. Wall Street Journal(Nov 10, 2016) Indeed, a musky odor floated above two red foxes - Mocha and Cappuccino - as they boisterously wrestled and skittered around customers’ legs. Washington Times(Oct 07, 2016) adj resembling the smell of musk Syn fragrant pleasant-smelling |
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