scent

英 [sent] 美 [sent]

• n. 气味；香味；线索
• v. 闻出；发觉；充满；得到 ... 的暗示

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] [U] 气味,香味

   characteristic smell of sth, especially pleasant one; particular type of smell

2. [U] 香水

   a liquid with a nice smell, that you put on your body

3. [S] (动物的)臭迹

   smell left by an animal, that allows dogs, etc. to track it

4. [S] 线索

   track

5. [U] (尤指狗的)嗅觉

   sense of smell, especially in dogs

v. (动词)

1. vt. 疑有; 发觉

   begin to suspect the presence or existence of

2. vt. 洒香水; 使香

   put scent on; make fragrant

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 香水
2. 气味，气息
3. 香，香味，香气
4. 线索，踪迹
5. （动物的）遗臭，臭迹
6. 嗅觉
7. 察觉能力，敏锐的感觉，察觉，预感
8. 迹象
9. 【狩猎、钓鱼】混合饵（料）

v. 动词

1. 洒香水于，在...上洒香水
2. 使充满气味，使具有香味，使芬芳扑鼻
3. 发出气味，发出香味（~ of）
4. 具有迹象（~ of）
5. 嗅，闻，嗅出，闻到
6. 察觉，预感
7. 闻着气味追赶，嗅猎
8. 觉得有，怀疑有
9. 循着遗臭追踪

英英释义

Noun:

1. a distinctive odor that is pleasant

2. an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced

3. any property detected by the olfactory system

Verb:

1. cause to smell or be smelly

2. catch the scent of; get wind of;

   "The dog nosed out the drugs"
   

3. apply perfume to;

   "She perfumes herself every day"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The dog easily picked up the scent of the murderer.
   狗毫不费力地嗅出了谋杀者的气味。
2. The scent was of leaves and turned earth.
   这是树叶和新翻泥土的气味。
3. Through the window I caught the scent of syringa.
   从窗口我闻到紫丁香的香味。
4. His nostrils dilated with the scent of the air.
   他的鼻孔因为空气中的香味而张大了。
5. The police are on the scent of the thieves.
   警察发现了小偷的线索。
6. The false alibi threw the police off the scent .
   那个不在犯罪现场的伪证使警方失去了线索.

用作动词 (v.)

1. The dog scented a rat.
   那狗嗅出有老鼠的气味。
2. The dog scent a rabbit and run off after it.
   狗嗅到了一只兔子便追了上去。
3. The press could scent a scandal.
   记者们觉得可能有丑闻。
4. Scent the room with your favourite aromas.
   让屋子里充满你最喜欢的香气吧。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The scent of lemons filled the grove.
   柠檬香味充满了小树林。
2. The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers.
   微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。
3. The girl always uses too much scent.
   这姑娘总是用过多的香水。
4. The hounds followed the stag's scent.
   那群猎犬循臭味追寻牡鹿。
5. A dog has keen scent.
   狗具有灵敏的嗅觉。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The cat scented a rat by a hole.
   猫在洞旁嗅出有一只老鼠。
2. Could you scent the fish?
   你能闻出有鱼的味道吗?
3. He scented a crime.
   他识破了一项罪行。
4. She scented the danger.
   她感到了危险。
5. She used lemon juice to scent her hair.
   她用柠檬汁喷香头发。
6. The beautiful girl's coming seems to scent the air in the hall.
   美女的到来仿佛使空气中增添了香气。
7. Roses scent the air in spring.
   春天,玫瑰使空气中溢满香气。
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8. It seemed that his handkerchief was scented.
   他的手帕上好像洒过香水。

S+～+that-clause

1. I scented that all was not well.
   我觉得什么地方出了问题。

经典引文

• He shuffled on..finding his way toward food more by scent than by sight.

  出自： N. Algren

• If it scents its prey, it swings its head..to determine the direction.

  出自： D. Attenborough

• I could scent her tobacco.

  出自： P. Benson

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

on the scent of

循某人〔物〕的线索likely to find sb/sth soon

put〔throw〕 off the scent

使某人失去线索(尤指为其提供错误信息)mislead sb, especially by giving him false information
put〔throw〕 sb off the scent
The thief managed to throw his pursuers off the scent.

小偷终于把追踪者甩掉了。

用作动词 (v.)

scent out (v.+adv.)

〈非正〉嗅出 to find sb/sth by smelling
scent sth ⇔ out
The police were able in the end to scent out the criminals' hiding place.

最后,警察终于查出了罪犯们的藏身之所。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• follow up the scent 闻着臭迹追赶
• get〔take〕 the scent 闻出臭迹,找到线索
• give a false scent 给假线索
• give forth a scent 散发出气味

形容词+～

• false〔wrong〕 scent 假线索
• acute〔keen〕 scent 敏锐的嗅觉

介词+～

• by scent 凭嗅觉
• off the scent 失去猎物的臭迹,失去线索

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• scent danger 感到了危险
• scent fish 闻出鱼的味道
• scent hiding place 找出了藏身之所
• scent a rat 闻出有一只老鼠
• scent air 使空气中充满香气
• scent hair 喷洒头发使之散发出香味

～+副词

• scent boldly 明显地发觉
• scent delicately 灵敏地发觉
• scent disgustingly 发出讨厌的味道
• scent fragrantly 散发出香味
• scent instinctively 本能地察觉到
• scent pungently 发出刺鼻的味道
• scent out 嗅出

～+介词

• scent for 寻找…
• scent of 嗅出有…的气味
• scent with 充满了…味

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. scent用作名词时意思是“气味,香味”,转化成动词时,指用嗅觉器官嗅出某种味道,引申则可指对将要发生的事情事先有所觉察或感觉到某事会发生,即“觉察到”“预感”。scent也可指“洒香水”。
2. scent多用作及物动词,后接名词或that从句作宾语。可用于被动结构。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的sentir，意为闻；最初源自拉丁语的sentire，意为感觉。

近反义词

【近义词】

• perfume
• smell
• track
• trail

【反义词】

• stench 臭气