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

单词

scent

释义

a characteristic or particular smell, esp a pleasant one

a light perfume worn on the skin

a smell left by an animal on a surface that it has passed over, by which the animal may be traced

a trail of evidence in a search or investigation

archaic the sense of smell

scentless adj

to give a usu pleasant smell to (something)

Exotic candles scented the room

to perceive (something) by the sense of smell

to get or have an inkling of (something)

I think I scent trouble

verb intrans

to use the sense of smell in seeking or tracking prey

The hounds were scenting in the undergrowth

scented adj

[Middle English from early French sentir to feel, perceive, smell, from Latin sentire to perceive, sense¹]

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