单词 | scented |
释义 | scentedadj. 1. That has or gives out a scent or odour. Frequently with distinguishing word.See also rose-scented adj., sweet-scented adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective] sweet900 sootc950 aromatic1366 merrya1398 well-smellinga1398 sweet-smellingc1400 lusciousc1420 savoury?a1425 redolingc1429 redolent?a1439 odorate?1440 flagrant1450 redolentc1450 well-savouringc1450 aromatous1483 softa1500 well-aired1505 balmy1508 ambrosiana1522 embalmeda1529 fragrantc1530 perfumed1538 scented?c1562 scented1567 balm-like1569 sweet1573 aromatizate1576 aromatical1578 Sabaeana1586 ambrosial1590 rich1590 perfumed1591 sweet-scented1591 reperfumed1593 balm-breathing1595 nectaredc1595 spiced1600 fuming1601 fumed1612 scentful1612 balsam1624 perfumy1625 odoraminous1656 aroma-olent1657 suaveolent1657 aromatized1661 essenced1675 balsamy1687 flavorous1697 balsamic1714 well-scented1726 scenty1738 breathing1757 spicy1765 flavouriferous1773 aromal1848 bescented1863 euodic1868 nosy1892 ?c1562 Jacke Jugeler sig. E.i Many here smell strong but none so ranke as he A stronger sented knaue then he was cannot bee. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars ii. lii. 41 Like to a heard of weary hartlesse Deare..Proouing each couert, euery secret place, Yet by the hounds recouered eu'ry where With eager yearning in the sented trace. 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 276 One of the subtlest and strongest sented Drugs [sc. camphire]. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 10 I steal the musk rose from the scented brake. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 151 The scentless and the scented rose. 1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems 194 The scented pines of Switzerland Stand dark round thy green grave. 1862 A. Polehampton Kangaroo Land xvi. 237 It was indeed a treat to breathe the cold, damp, seaweed-scented breeze. 1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 741/2 The [pottery] vessels were delicately scented, like a ware imported from Mexico. 1947 Observer 10 Aug. 5/3 The gravy-scented dining-rooms of boarding-houses. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Apr. 11 Its strongly scented flowers attract moths in the evening. 2. a. Impregnated or imbued with a (usually pleasant) scent or smell; perfumed. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective] sweet900 sootc950 aromatic1366 merrya1398 well-smellinga1398 sweet-smellingc1400 lusciousc1420 savoury?a1425 redolingc1429 redolent?a1439 odorate?1440 flagrant1450 redolentc1450 well-savouringc1450 aromatous1483 softa1500 well-aired1505 balmy1508 ambrosiana1522 embalmeda1529 fragrantc1530 perfumed1538 scented?c1562 scented1567 balm-like1569 sweet1573 aromatizate1576 aromatical1578 Sabaeana1586 ambrosial1590 rich1590 perfumed1591 sweet-scented1591 reperfumed1593 balm-breathing1595 nectaredc1595 spiced1600 fuming1601 fumed1612 scentful1612 balsam1624 perfumy1625 odoraminous1656 aroma-olent1657 suaveolent1657 aromatized1661 essenced1675 balsamy1687 flavorous1697 balsamic1714 well-scented1726 scenty1738 breathing1757 spicy1765 flavouriferous1773 aromal1848 bescented1863 euodic1868 nosy1892 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 135 Hadst thou the powre Persephonee rank sented Mints too make Of womens limbes? and may not I lyke powre vpon mée take.., too turne Adonis too a flowre? 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman To Rdr. sig. *2 Love-sented gloves, amorous potions, perfumed pictures, or love-sicke pouders. 1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 187 A clean and strongly-scented Cask or Vate. 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid I. iv. 155 Paris..In scented Tresses and a Mitre gay. 1819 La Belle Assemblée Jan. 32 The love-scented fragrance that breath'd from her sigh, Yet hangs round this spot with delight. 1862 G. W. S. Piesse Art of Perfumery (ed. 3) 236 Scented shells. Venetian Shells..are..steeped into the scent... When dry these shells will serve for perfuming jewel-cases and work-boxes. 1914 Jrnl. 77th Ann. Council Protestant Episcopal Church N.Y. 49 The early Episcopates in this land found no beds of royal ease for a scented repose, no retinued Lord Bishop's palace. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Mar. 17/1 B-P insisted on using scented soap in his collapsible bath tub. 2009 New Yorker 25 May 37/2 Will the powder room have one of those wick-diffuser things in a bottle, or a scented candle? b. Of tea, tobacco, etc.: flavoured with an aromatic ingredient. Also: having a fragrant taste as if flavoured by an aromatic ingredient. Also with distinguishing word. scented caper = caper n.1 4. ΚΠ 1790 M. Turner in A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd 90 Her sparkish lad for Edinburgh goes..To leave his ram-horn spoons and country whey, For scented tea that smells like new-mown hay. 1818 Weekly Entertainer 7 Sept. 702 I must have..some scented tobacco, and my ecume de mer pipe. 1857 A. Hill Hassall Adulterations Detected 68 There are several kinds of scented tea: those with which we are best acquainted in this country are scented Caper or Chulan, and scented orange Pekoe. 1898 Gas City (Indiana) Weekly Jrnl. 21 Jan. 3/4 [Tobacco] is nearly always scented or treated in some way so as to give it an artificial flavour..as for traders saying 'customers like scented tobacco,' the customer seldom gets the chance of smoking anything else. 1959 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. e6 The anise-scented tea made from sweet goldenrod leaves to abate late-summer weariness. 1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Dec. c14/1 The oaky, vanilla-scented smoothness of a Glenfiddich. 2000 N. Hall Tea Industry iv. 23 The ever popular scented blend, Earl Grey, continues to maintain its seemingly unassailable position as the top selling tea flavour in Europe. 3. With modifying word. Chiefly of an animal: having a sense of smell of the specified kind. Also figurative. Now somewhat rare except in keen-scented adj. at keen adj. and adv. Compounds a.Recorded earliest in well-scented adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute tender-noseda1425 nosedc1425 high-nosed1548 quick-nosed1561 well-nosed1568 scented1579 well-scented1579 quick-scented1590 nose-wise1596 sagacious1607 scentful1616 nasute1699 nice-scented1777 osmatic1880 nim-nosed1936 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [adjective] > qualities of hounds staunch1575 scented1579 unfleshed1692 short-running1853 short-working1853 birdy1905 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. So Marot, Sanazarus, and..other..Poetes, whose foting this Author every where followeth; yet so as few, but they be wel sented, can trace him out. 1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe sig. H4v Hauing the swiftest and best sented dogs you can gette. 1655 A. Symson Wilson's Compl. Christian Dict. (rev. ed.) 253 Gray-hound, it is reasonably sented to finde out, speedy and quick of foot to follow, fierce and strong to take and overcome. 1659 Maze 66 Can we find any man so wise.., that may unwarpe their [sc. dotrells'] designes: or in the discovery of them (if they be so quick-sighted or ripe-sented as to retreve the game) shall not observe their mis-guided flight. 1718 G. Jacob Compl. Sportsman 76 Buck-Hounds..will be more tender nosed, and better scented, by a frequent use to the Beaten Ways and Champion Ground. 1764 London Mag. July 372/1 The most noble buck..proudly snuffed defiance to the huntsman's hollow.., and the keener scented hounds. 1829 E. T. Bennett Tower Menagerie 90 Entirely dependent upon rapine for his subsistence, the nose of the Wolf is fully equal to that of the sharpest-scented hound. 1869 Independent (U.S.) 1 July 1 Our leading newspapers, usually so lynx-eyed and sharp-scented as regards current intelligence. 1884 N.Y. Times 13 Apr. 5 We have known the best blooded and best scented hounds, naturally track-barking dogs, to have adopted..the habit of still-running. 1960 J. Knox Millen Nose Knows (2000) i. 9 Comparatively the olfactory area in man's nose and brain is smaller than in the keener-scented animals. 2011 C. Catling et al. Florence & Tuscany (new ed.) 267/2 But the star and most highly prized fungi hide underground, waiting to be sniffed out by hunters with their keen-scented dogs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1562 |
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