英语词汇“to put on the scent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to put (formerly also †lay) (a dog) on the scent and variants: to set (a dog, esp. a hound) to follow a scent trail; to introduce a scent to (a dog) in order to enable it to follow a trail. Frequently figurative.

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re-lay1590

to put (formerly also lay) (a dog) on the scenta1616

to lay on1655

put1673

to throw in1686

to cast hounds1781

lay1781

to throw on1815

a1616 J. Smith Expos. Creed (1632) i. 15 Put a hound upon a sent, and although we see nothing, yet the hound will follow the sent.

1688 G. Burnet Ill Effects Animosities Protestants 13 Whensoever the Papists & their Royal Patrens stood detected of having been conspiring against our Religion & Civil Liberties, all was diverted & stiffled by putting the Kingdom upon a false scent, and by hounding out their Beagles upon the Nonconformists.

1711 Spectator No. 116. ⁋5 He immediately called in the Dogs, and put them upon the Scent.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxvi. 251 We have been in pursuit of them two days; for they gave out, in order, no doubt, to put us on a wrong scent, that they were to go to Antwerp.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 520 Thy soldiery, the Pope's well-managed pack..when he laid them on the scent of blood, Would hunt a Saracen through fire and flood.

1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. 86 The hounds, who are waiting at some distance..are capped forward, and laid upon the scent.

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 59/2 Let him be put on the scent of pheasants.., and let him rout them about well for a few minutes.

1870 Sydney Morning Herald 1 July 5/3 Liquids of a more potent sort were sold to customers who..were not likely to put the police on the scent of a sly grog shop.

1882 A. Ainger C. Lamb vi. 116 Lamb had a love of..putting his readers on a false scent.

1925 Pop. Mech. Dec. 916/1 The hound can be put on the scent while it is still fresh and undisturbed by vehicles, the police themselves, or sightseers attracted to the scene of the crime.

1958 J. Cleugh tr. R. Jungk Brighter than Thousand Suns xii. 199 They were put on the wrong scent by the head of the Manhattan District press agency, Jim Moynahan, who sent the false information that a munitions depot had blown up in the Alamogordo region.

2005 Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Outdoors section) 10 b This allows you to find bobcat tracks that are not too old and to put the dogs on the scent.

单词	to put on the scent
释义	> as lemmas to put (formerly also †lay) (a dog) on the scent a. to put (formerly also †lay) (a dog) on the scent and variants: to set (a dog, esp. a hound) to follow a scent trail; to introduce a scent to (a dog) in order to enable it to follow a trail. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > put on scent re-lay1590 to put (formerly also lay) (a dog) on the scenta1616 to lay on1655 put1673 to throw in1686 to cast hounds1781 lay1781 to throw on1815 a1616 J. Smith Expos. Creed (1632) i. 15 Put a hound upon a sent, and although we see nothing, yet the hound will follow the sent. 1688 G. Burnet Ill Effects Animosities Protestants 13 Whensoever the Papists & their Royal Patrens stood detected of having been conspiring against our Religion & Civil Liberties, all was diverted & stiffled by putting the Kingdom upon a false scent, and by hounding out their Beagles upon the Nonconformists. 1711 Spectator No. 116. ⁋5 He immediately called in the Dogs, and put them upon the Scent. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxvi. 251 We have been in pursuit of them two days; for they gave out, in order, no doubt, to put us on a wrong scent, that they were to go to Antwerp. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 520 Thy soldiery, the Pope's well-managed pack..when he laid them on the scent of blood, Would hunt a Saracen through fire and flood. 1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. 86 The hounds, who are waiting at some distance..are capped forward, and laid upon the scent. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 59/2 Let him be put on the scent of pheasants.., and let him rout them about well for a few minutes. 1870 Sydney Morning Herald 1 July 5/3 Liquids of a more potent sort were sold to customers who..were not likely to put the police on the scent of a sly grog shop. 1882 A. Ainger C. Lamb vi. 116 Lamb had a love of..putting his readers on a false scent. 1925 Pop. Mech. Dec. 916/1 The hound can be put on the scent while it is still fresh and undisturbed by vehicles, the police themselves, or sightseers attracted to the scene of the crime. 1958 J. Cleugh tr. R. Jungk Brighter than Thousand Suns xii. 199 They were put on the wrong scent by the head of the Manhattan District press agency, Jim Moynahan, who sent the false information that a munitions depot had blown up in the Alamogordo region. 2005 Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Outdoors section) 10 b This allows you to find bobcat tracks that are not too old and to put the dogs on the scent. extracted from scentn. < as lemmas
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