单词 | incense |
释义 | incense 1. n. & v. --n   1. a gum or spice producing a sweet smell when burned.   2. the smoke of this, esp. in religious ceremonial. --vtr.   1. treat or perfume (a person or thing) with incense.   2. burn incense to (a deity etc.).   3. suffuse with fragrance. Derivatives incensation n. Etymology: ME f. OF encens, encenser f. eccl.L incensum a thing burnt, incense: see INCENDIARY 2. v.tr. (often foll. by at, with, against) enrage; make angry. Etymology: ME f. OF incenser (as INCENDIARY) |
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