| 释义 |
olfactible, a.|ɒlˈfæktɪb(ə)l|
Also 8 olefact-, 9 -able.
[f. L. olfact-, ppl. stem (see prec.) + -ible.]
That may be smelled.
c1705Berkeley Comm.-pl. Bk. in Fraser Life (1871) 476 Gustable and olefactible perceptions. 1825Jas. Mill in Westm. Rev. Jan. 188 Palpable virulence! he might as well have called it olfactable virulence. 1881G. Allen Evolutionist at Large, Microscopic Brains, As our world is mainly a world of visible objects, theirs [ants'], I believe, is mainly a world of olfactible things. |