单词 | scent following |
释义 | > as lemmasscent following a. Objective, as scent following, †scent-snuffing, scent-tracking, etc., adjectives. ΚΠ 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eijv For there his smell with others being mingled, The hot sent-snuffing hounds are driuen to doubt. View more context for this quotation 1771 H. Clarke tr. Æsop Select Fables cxiv. 81 The Swine laughed at the Scent-following Dog. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur (new ed.) I. 143 Hounds..had ‘scent-tracking noses’ to find the deer in their coverts. 1993 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) 13 Dec. b2 A scent-sniffing dog from the Auburn Police Department tracked Fenner to a nearby bar, where he was arrested. 2007 A. Tan Creativity xxi. 393 Scent following behaviour, trail marking behaviour, and all other behavioural rules for ants depended wholly on..pheromones. < as lemmas |
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