英语词汇“smellable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

smell /smel/

noun

The sense by which the odours of gases, vapours and very finely divided substances are perceived, located in the higher animals in the mucous membrane of the nose

The specific sensation excited by such a substance

The property of exciting it

An act or instance of exercising the sense

A pleasant scent or (often) an unpleasant one

A smack, savour, sense, property of suggesting, intimation (figurative)

intransitive verb

pat

pap

smelled

smelt

To affect the sense of smell

To have an odour (esp unpleasant), or an odour (of)

To have or use the sense of smell

To have a savour, give a suggestion (of something) (figurative)

transitive verb

To perceive, detect, find, by smell (often with out)

To be aware of by intuition

To take a smell at

To impart a smell to

To emit a smell of

ORIGIN: Very early ME smel, prob OE but not recorded

smellˈable adjective

smellˈer noun

smellˈiness noun

smellˈing noun and adjective

smellˈ-less adjective

smellˈy adjective

Having an unpleasant smell

smellˈ-feast noun (obsolete)

A sponger

smelling bottle noun

A bottle of smelling salts or the like

smelling salts plural noun

A preparation of ammonium carbonate with lavender, etc, used as a stimulant in cases of fainting, etc

smellˈ-trap noun

A drain-trap

smell a rat see under rat¹

smell at

To sniff at, take a smell at

smelling of roses see under rose¹

smell of

To have the smell of
To savour of

smell out

To find out (eg a scandal) by prying
To detect by witchcraft (S Afr)