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incense n.香；阿谀vt.对 ... 敬香；熏香；激怒 (1) 和尚在香炉里焚上一柱香。(2) 想祈求健康去除病魔的信徒们都要到这里烧香拜佛。(3) 一些人喜欢使用熏香。(4) 没药作为熏香而燃烧的时候，是向上升中的天堂祷告的象征。(5) 我对他的粗鲁感到愤怒。 How can a word that means a substance that is burned for its sweet odor come to mean "make very angry"? Both have to do with the idea of burning, and the Latin root incendere, "to set on fire." A stick of incense must be lit, or set on fire to release its smell. When you are incensed by something, such as your teacher slamming you with homework on the night of the prom, you feel like you are burning with anger.

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英 ['ɪnsens] 美 ['ɪnsens] (1) The monk burned a stick of incense in the incense burner.(2) To pray for health, every pilgrim would incense and worship here.(3) Some people enjoy using incense.(4) When burned as incense, myrrh is a symbol of prayers rising to heaven.(5) I was incensed at his rudeness. Incense means both "to make angry" and a stick that burns slowly and emits a strong smell. If your new college roommate burns incense in your tiny dorm room, you might get incensed and storm out. The noun is pronounced /'ɪnsens/. The verb is pronounced /ɪn'sens/. 名词读作 /'ɪnsens/,动词读作 /ɪn'sens/。1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](常用于宗教仪式的)香 Incense is a substance that is burned for its sweet smell, often as part of a religious ceremony. 2[VERB 动词]使愤怒；激怒 If you say that something incenses you, you mean that it makes you extremely angry.   [V n]This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.这项提议会激怒环保人士。incensedMum was incensed at his lack of compassion...妈妈被他缺乏同情心的表现激怒了。He followed her, incensed that she'd dared to leave him alone.他跟着她，对她竟敢对自己置之不理感到极其愤怒。

英语单词	incense
英美音标	英 ['ɪnsens] 美 ['ɪnsens]
中文释义	n.香；阿谀 vt.对 ... 敬香；熏香；激怒
英语例句	(1) The monk burned a stick of incense in the incense burner. (2) To pray for health, every pilgrim would incense and worship here. (3) Some people enjoy using incense. (4) When burned as incense, myrrh is a symbol of prayers rising to heaven. (5) I was incensed at his rudeness.
中文例句	(1) 和尚在香炉里焚上一柱香。 (2) 想祈求健康去除病魔的信徒们都要到这里烧香拜佛。 (3) 一些人喜欢使用熏香。 (4) 没药作为熏香而燃烧的时候，是向上升中的天堂祷告的象征。 (5) 我对他的粗鲁感到愤怒。
vocabulary简明	Incense means both "to make angry" and a stick that burns slowly and emits a strong smell. If your new college roommate burns incense in your tiny dorm room, you might get incensed and storm out.
vocabulary扩展	How can a word that means a substance that is burned for its sweet odor come to mean "make very angry"? Both have to do with the idea of burning, and the Latin root incendere, "to set on fire." A stick of incense must be lit, or set on fire to release its smell. When you are incensed by something, such as your teacher slamming you with homework on the night of the prom, you feel like you are burning with anger.
柯林斯解释	The noun is pronounced /'ɪnsens/. The verb is pronounced /ɪn'sens/. 名词读作 /'ɪnsens/,动词读作 /ɪn'sens/。 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](常用于宗教仪式的)香 Incense is a substance that is burned for its sweet smell, often as part of a religious ceremony. 2 [VERB 动词]使愤怒；激怒 If you say that something incenses you, you mean that it makes you extremely angry. [V n] This proposal will incense conservation campaigners. 这项提议会激怒环保人士。 incensed Mum was incensed at his lack of compassion... 妈妈被他缺乏同情心的表现激怒了。 He followed her, incensed that she'd dared to leave him alone. 他跟着她，对她竟敢对自己置之不理感到极其愤怒。

Incense Burned Incensed Stick Means Burns Smell Substance