Perfume Smell Make Put Perfumed Pleasant Strong Sweet
This flashcard defines "perfume," which can be a pleasant-smelling liquid used on the skin (noun) or a pleasant smell (noun). It can also mean to make a place smell nice or add fragrance to something (verb). The core meaning revolves around scents and fragrances.
This flashcard teaches the word "perfume," which can be used as a noun referring to a pleasant-smelling liquid for personal use or a pleasant smell itself. It can also be used as a verb, meaning to make a place smell nice or to add fragrance to something. The word primarily relates to scents and fragrances.
[N-MASS 物质名词]香水Perfume is a pleasant-smelling liquid which women put on their skin to make themselves smell nice.
The hall smelled of her mother's perfume.
大厅里弥漫着她母亲身上的香水味。
...a bottle of perfume.
一瓶香水
...the manufacture of soaps and perfumes.
肥皂和香水的制造
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[N-MASS 物质名词]香精；香料Perfume is the ingredient that is added to some products to make them smell nice.
...a delicate white soap without perfume.
不含香料、味道淡雅的白色肥皂
...a perfume for skin creams.
润肤霜中使用的香料
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]芳香；香味；馨香 The perfume of something is the pleasant smell it has.
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[LITERARY 文]
...the perfume of roses...
玫瑰花的芳香
There were two lemon trees and I paused to enjoy their perfume.
那里有两棵柠檬树，我不禁驻足品味柠檬的芬芳。
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[VERB 动词]使香气弥漫 If the smell of something perfumes a place or area, it makes it smell nice.
[V n]
[V n with n]
[LITERARY 文]
Flowers started to perfume the air...
花儿的香气开始弥漫在空气中。
As they bake, they perfume the whole house with the aroma of apples and spices.
他们烤蛋糕的时候，整幢房子都飘着苹果和香料的香气。
...gardens perfumed with jasmine.
茉莉飘香的花园
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[VERB 动词]为…增加香味 If something is used to perfume a product, it is added to the product to make it smell nice.
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[V-ed with n]
The oil is used to flavour and perfume soaps, foam baths, and scents.
这种精油用来给肥皂、沐浴液和香水添加香味。
...shower gel perfumed with the popular Paris fragrance.
添加了流行的巴黎香水的沐浴啫喱
Oxford
per·fume/ˈpɜːfjuːm; NAmEpərˈfjuːm/
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perfumeperfumesperfumedperfumingnoun[countable , uncountable ]1a liquid, often made from flowers, that you put on your skin to make yourself smell nice 香水◆a bottle of expensive perfume一瓶昂贵的香水◆We stock a wide range of perfumes.我们备有各种各样的香水。◆the perfume counter of the store商店的香水柜枱◆She was wearing too much perfume.她喷了太多的香水。2a pleasant, often sweet, smell 芳香；香味；馨香SYN
scent
◆the heady perfume of the roses玫瑰扑鼻的香味verb[often passive ]1perfumesth (with sth) ( literary) (especially of flowers 尤指花)to make the air in a place smell pleasant 使香气弥漫SYN
scent
◆The garden was perfumed with the smell of roses.花园里弥漫着玫瑰的芳香。2perfumesth (with sth) to put perfumein or on sth 在…上撒香水；抹香水◆She perfumed her bath with fragrant oils.她沐浴时在浴缸内洒了些芳香油。▶per·fumed/; NAmE/adjective◆perfumed soap香皂per·fume/ˈpɜːfjuːm; NAmEpərˈfjuːm/per·fumed/; NAmE/
1perfume (1)a liquid with a strong pleasant smell that women put on their skin or clothing to make themselves smell niceSYN scent: She was wearing the perfume that he’d bought her.► see thesaurus at
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2a sweet or pleasant smellSYN scent: It had the delicate perfume of roses.—perfumed adjective: perfumed soapCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbswear perfume· What's that perfume you are wearing?dab perfume on something (=quickly put perfume on)· She dabbed some perfume on her throat.spray yourself with perfume· Jody sprayed herself with some of her mother’s perfume.reek of perfume (=smell strongly of perfume)· It seemed to Polly that Sasha always left the bathroom reeking of horrible perfume.smell of perfume· Her coat smelt of cheap perfume and cigarettes.adjectivesstrong· I don't like wearing very strong perfume.heavy (=strong)· She smelled of a heavy perfume he associated with his mother.exotic (=unusual and interesting because it seems foreign)· The dancer left a waft of exotic perfume in the air.cheap/expensive· He bought her a bottle of expensive French perfume.phrasesa bottle/jar of perfume· He gave me a bottle of my favourite perfume.the smell/scent of perfume· The smell of perfume filled the air.a whiff/hint of perfume (=a very slight smell of perfume)· As she lifted the letter, she caught the faintest hint of perfume.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivessweet· She breathed in the sweet perfume of the roses.heady (=strong and sweet)· In early summer, lilacs finally open and release their heady perfume.faint· the faint perfume of a spring woodlanddelicate· The flowers have a delicate perfume similar to cowslips.