transitive. To discern or perceive (a thing) by sensation or feeling. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. scent, n. 1a. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > strike scent (5) scenta1398 transitive. To discern or perceive (a thing) by sensation or feeling. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. scent, n. 1a. Obsolete. find1565 To discover or find the scent of (game) in hunting. intransitive. hit it off1704 to hit it. To attain exactly to the point wanted; to strike the scent in hunting (also hit it off). to hit off a fault1749 Hunting. A break in the line of scent; loss of scent; a check caused by failure of scent. †cold fault: cold or lost scent. to be,†fall at (a) fault… to hit off the line1977 The scent that the hounds have of the quarry; esp. in to hit off the line, to pick up the scent after a check. |
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