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单词 odor
释义 odor
\ˈōdə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Usage: see -or
Etymology: Middle English odour, from Old French, from Latin odor; akin to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ozein to smell, odmē, osmē smell, odor, Lithuanian uosti to smell, and perhaps to Swedish os odor, ill-smelling gas
1.
 a. : a quality of something that affects the sense of smell : scent, fragrance, aroma
  < one … system classifies all odors according to six fundamental sensations or combinations of sensations: namely, spicy, flowery, fruity, resinous, foul and burnt — F.J.Gruber >
 b. : one of a class of sensations resulting from adequate chemical stimulation of the receptors for the sense of smell : smell
  < emit an odor >
  < a sweet odor >
  < a disagreeable odor >
  < the odor of a bakery — William Black >
  < the penetrating, acid odor of hardwood smoke — Rufus Jarman >
  < a new odor … the sweet, intense smell of overripe fruit — William Beebe >
2.
 a. : a characteristic or predominant quality : flavor
  < the odor of earnestness is not good for melodrama — E.R.Bentley >
  < an odor of … unsavory politics — G.F.Cronkhite >
  < a faint odor of romance — Nation >
 b. : repute, estimation
  < another … committee in equally bad odor as regards the propriety of its procedures — R.D.Leigh >
3. archaic : something (as incense, spice, a flower) that emits a sweet or pleasing scent : perfume
 < throw in … all sorts of spices and sweet odors — James Maxwell >
Synonyms: see smell
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