scent 英 [sent]   美 [sɛnt]

scent

scent  英 [sent] 美 [sɛnt]

n. 气味;嗅觉  vt. 闻到;弥漫...气味 

进行时:scenting  过去式:scented  过去分词:scented  第三人称单数:scents  名词复数:scents 

The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers. 空气中弥漫着野花的芬芳。
The dogs must have lost her scent. 狗准是闻不到她的气味了。

  • A scent is a smell. Every house has a particular scent that is recognizable to people as belonging to that house.
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  • n. 气味;嗅觉
  • vt. 闻到;弥漫...气味
  • 1. The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers.

    空气中弥漫着野花的芬芳。

  • 2. The dogs must have lost her scent.

    狗准是闻不到她的气味了。

  • 3. a bottle of scent

    一瓶香水

  • 4. The scent of victory was in the air.

    胜利在望。

  • 5. The dog scented a rabbit.

    狗嗅到了兔子的气息。

  • 6. The press could scent a scandal.

    记者觉察出有桩丑闻。

  • 7. By then, the team was scenting victory.

    到那时,队员已经预感到即将获胜了。

  • scent (n.) late 14c., "scent, smell, what can be smelled" (as a means of pursuit by a hound), from scent (v.). Almost always applied to agreeable odors.
  • scent (v.) late 14c., sent "to find the scent of," from Old French sentir "to feel, smell, touch, taste; realize, perceive; make love to," from Latin sentire " to feel, perceive, sense, discern, hear, see" (see sense (n.)).
scent / sent ; NAmE sent / noun , verb scent scents scented scenting noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] the pleasant smell that sth has 香味 The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers. 空气中弥漫着野花的芬芳。 These flowers have no scent. 这些花不香。 2 [uncountable ,  countable ,  usually singular ] the smell that a person or an animal leaves behind and that other animals such as dogs can follow (人的)气味,气息;(动物留下的)臭迹,遗臭 SYN trail The dogs must have lost her scent. 狗准是闻不到她的气味了。 3 [uncountable ] ( especially BrE) a liquid with a pleasant smell that you wear on your skin to make it smell nice 香水 a bottle of scent 一瓶香水 4 scentof sth [singular ] the feeling that sth is present or is going to happen very soon 察觉;预感 The scent of victory was in the air. 胜利在望。 IDIOMS put/throw sb off the ˈscent to do sth to stop sb from finding you or discovering sth 使失去线索;摆脱追踪者;使迷失寻找方向 on the ˈscent (of sth) close to discovering sth 已获得线索;已掌握蛛丝马迹 verb 1 scentsth to find sth by using the sense of smell 嗅出;闻到 The dog scented a rabbit. 狗嗅到了兔子的气息。 2 scentsth to begin to feel that sth exists or is about to happen 觉察出;预感到 SYN sense The press could scent a scandal. 记者觉察出有桩丑闻。 By then, the team was scenting victory. 到那时,队员已经预感到即将获胜了。 3 [often passive ] scentsth (with sth) to give sth a particular, pleasant smell 使具有香味 Roses scented the night air. 夜空中弥漫着玫瑰花香。 scent / sent ; NAmE sent /
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