[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。
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scent/sent; NAmEsent/
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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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scent1 noun
scent2 verb
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
scent1 noun
scent2 verb
scentscent2 verb [transitive]
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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
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