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.
[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.
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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.
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...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。
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scentscentsscentedscentingnoun1[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
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◆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4scentof 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。IDIOMSput/throw sb off the ˈscentto 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verb1scentsth 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。2scentsth to begin to feel that sth exists or is about to happen 觉察出;预感到SYN
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◆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; NAmEsent/
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scentscent1 /sent/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable] a pleasant smell that something hasSYN 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 pleasantSYN perfume
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1to give a particular smell to something → perfume: 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