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

verb trans

to perceive the odour of (something) by the sense of smell

to sniff (something) in order to perceive its odour

to detect or become aware of (something) by instinct

I could smell trouble

verb intrans

to exercise the sense of smell

to have a specified smell

These clothes smell damp

(+ of) to have a characteristic aura of something; to be suggestive of something it

Reports of survivors seemed to smell of truth

to have an offensive smell; to stink

smell a rat

informal to have a suspicion of something wrong

smeller noun

[Middle English smellen; earlier history unknown]

the one of the five basic physical senses by which odours are perceived by the brain through the qualities of substances in contact with sensitive areas in the nose are interpreted by the brain as characteristic odours

Smell – one of the five senses – is the ability to detect, for example, gases, vapours, and airborne particles by stimulation of nerve endings in the nose; the nerve endings responsible for the sensation of smell, or ‘olfaction’, are restricted to a small area lying high in the nasal passages. ‘Sniffing’ carries air directly to these receptors, although substances usually travel to the receptors in ‘eddy currents’ from the main air stream — Dr John Cormack

the quality of something as perceived by this sense; an odour

an unpleasant odour

a pervading quality; an aura

the smell of corruption

the process, function, or power of smelling

the act or an instance of smelling

smell¹/smel/ verb (past tense and past part. smelt /smelt/ smelled)

smell²noun

smell1/smel/ verb (past tense and past part. smelt /smelt/ smelled)

smell2noun

smell¹/smel/ verb (past tense and past part. smelt /smelt/ smelled)

smell²noun