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The word "scent" can be used as a noun referring to a pleasant smell, the odor left by a person or animal, or a perfumed liquid. As a verb, it means to imbue with fragrance, to detect via smell, or to perceive an impending event.

The word "scent" can be used as a noun meaning a pleasant smell, the smell left by a person or animal, or a liquid with a pleasant smell (perfume). It can also be used as a verb meaning to make something smell pleasant, to detect by smell, or to sense that something is going to happen.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]香味;芬芳 The scent of something is the pleasant smell that it has.
  [usu with supp]
  • Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.

    选花不仅要观其形还要闻其香。

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[VERB 动词]使具有香味 If something scents a place or thing, it makes it smell pleasant.
  [V n]
  [V n with n]
  • Jasmine flowers scent the air...

    空气中弥漫着茉莉花香。

  • Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas.

    用你最喜欢的香味熏香你的抽屉和衣柜。

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[N-MASS 物质名词]香水 Scent is a liquid which women put on their necks and wrists to make themselves smell nice.
  [BRIT 英]
  • She dabbed herself with scent.

    她在身上擦了一点香水。

in AM, use 美国英语用 perfume
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[N-VAR 可变名词](人的)气味,气息;(动物的)臭迹,遗臭 The scent of a person or animal is the smell that they leave and that other people sometimes follow when looking for them.
  [usu with supp]
  • A police dog picked up the murderer's scent...

    一只警犬嗅出了凶手的气味。

  • Many kinds of insect find their mates by scent.

    许多昆虫通过气味找到交配对象。

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[VERB 动词](动物)嗅出,闻到 When an animal scents something, it becomes aware of it by smelling it.
  [V n]
  [no cont]
  • ...dogs which scent the hidden birds.

    嗅出隐藏鸟群的狗

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[VERB 动词]觉察出;预感到 If you scent a situation, you feel that it is going to happen.
  [V n]
  • Republicans from Pennsylvania and New York are scenting victory.

    来自宾夕法尼亚州和纽约州的共和党人预感到胜利在望。


Oxford scent / sent ; NAmE sent /
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scent scents scented scenting
noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] the pleasant smell that sth has 香味 The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers. 空气中弥漫着野花的芬芳。 These flowers have no scent. 这些花不香。 2 [uncountable ,  countable ,  usually singular ] the smell that a person or an animal leaves behind and that other animals such as dogs can follow (人的)气味,气息;(动物留下的)臭迹,遗臭 SYN
trail
The dogs must have lost her scent. 狗准是闻不到她的气味了。
3 [uncountable ] ( especially BrE) a liquid with a pleasant smell that you wear on your skin to make it smell nice 香水 a bottle of scent 一瓶香水 4 scentof sth [singular ] the feeling that sth is present or is going to happen very soon 察觉;预感 The scent of victory was in the air. 胜利在望。 IDIOMS put/throw sb off the ˈscent to do sth to stop sb from finding you or discovering sth 使失去线索;摆脱追踪者;使迷失寻找方向 on the ˈscent (of sth) close to discovering sth 已获得线索;已掌握蛛丝马迹
verb 1 scentsth to find sth by using the sense of smell 嗅出;闻到 The dog scented a rabbit. 狗嗅到了兔子的气息。 2 scentsth to begin to feel that sth exists or is about to happen 觉察出;预感到 SYN
sense
The press could scent a scandal. 记者觉察出有桩丑闻。 By then, the team was scenting victory. 到那时,队员已经预感到即将获胜了。
3 [often passive ] scentsth (with sth) to give sth a particular, pleasant smell 使具有香味 Roses scented the night air. 夜空中弥漫着玫瑰花香。
scent / sent ; NAmE sent /
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scentscent1 /sent/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable] a pleasant smell that something has SYN  fragrance:  a yellow rose with a lovely scentscent of the sweet scent of ripe fruit see thesaurus at
smell
2[countable] the smell of a particular animal or person that some other animals, for example dogs, can follow3throw/put somebody off the scent to give someone false information to prevent them from catching you or discovering something:  Was he trying to put me off the scent because I had come too close to the truth?4[countable, uncountable] especially British English a liquid that you put on your skin to make it smell pleasant SYN  perfume
scent1 noun
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scentscent2 verb [transitive]
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1to give a particular smell to somethingperfume:  Honeysuckle and roses scented the air.2written to suddenly think that something is going to happen or exists:  We scented danger and decided to leave. The press had immediately scented a story. The trade unions have scented victory.3if an animal scents another animal or a person, it knows that they are near because it can smell them
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scent

[sent]scented, scenting, scents

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气味(50%),香味(37%),线索(6%),充满(3%),发觉(2%),闻出(1%),得到 ... 的暗示(1%)
n.气味;嗅觉;痕迹;察觉能力
vt.闻到;发觉;使充满…的气味;循着遗臭追踪
vi.发出…的气味;有…的迹象;嗅着气味追赶
n.(Scent)人名;(英)森特

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