词组 | smell |
释义 | noun | verb smell1 /smel/ noun the quality that people and animals recognize by using their noseadjectivesa strong smell Vinegar has rather a strong smell.a faint smell (=not strong) I noticed a faint smell of perfume.a pungent smell (=very strong) A pungent smell of garlic filled the air.an overpowering smell (=extremely strong) The smell of dead bodies was overpowering.a nice/pleasant/lovely smell There was a lovely smell of fresh coffee.a delicious smell (=a pleasant smell of food) There were delicious smells coming from the kitchen.a bad/unpleasant/horrible smell What’s that horrible smell?a strange/funny/odd smell There was a funny smell coming from her bedroom.a sweet smell She liked the sweet smell of hay in the barn.a sickly smell (=sweet and unpleasant) He hadn’t washed for days and his clothes had a sickly smell.an acrid smell (=strong and bitter) The acrid smell of smoke was everywhere.a musty/stale/sour smell (=old and not fresh) The clothes in the wardrobe had a damp musty smell.a distinctive smell (=easy to recognize) The flowers have a distinctive smell.verbshave a strong/sweet etc smell This perfume has a nice smell.be filled with a smell The house was filled with the smell of baking bread.give off a smell (=produce it) Rubber gives off a strong smell when it is burned.notice/smell a smell also detect a smell formal He detected a faint smell of blood.mask a smell (=hide it) Air fresheners are used to mask unpleasant smells.a smell comes from sth also a smell emanates from sth formal A delicious smell of baking came from the kitchen. | He was getting complaints about the smell emanating from his shop.a smell wafts somewhere (=moves there through the air) The smells wafting up the stairs from the kitchen were making her feel hungry.prepositionsthe smell of sth The air was filled with the smell of flowers.THESAURUS: smell scent a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animal: The flowers had a beautiful scent. | Cats use their scent to mark their territory. | The air was filled with the heady scent of the roses (=strong scent). | I could smell the sharp, dying scent of autumn. fragrance/perfume a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scent: The air is filled with the sweet perfume of the orange blossoms. | Each mango has its own special fragrance. aroma formal a pleasant smell from food, coffee etc: The aroma of fresh coffee wafted across the street (=moved through the air). | Each wine has its own distinctive aroma (=a special aroma that makes it different from others). | The bread has a wonderful aroma when it comes out of the oven. whiff something that you smell for a short time: He caught a whiff of her perfume. | There was a faint whiff of jasmine. | There was a distinct whiff of tobacco smoke (=easy to notice). odour BrE odor AmE formal an unpleasant smell: An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins. | The room was filled with the odor of stale sweat. pong BrE informal an unpleasant smell: What’s that horrible pong? stink/stench a very strong and unpleasant smell: I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat. | The toilet gave off a terrible stench. noun | verb smell2 /smel/ verb to have a particular smelladjectivessmell good/nice etc The food smelled good.smell delicious That soup smells delicious.smell fresh Rub your chopping board with lemon to keep it smelling fresh.smell sweet A ripe melon will smell sweet.smell bad/awful/terrible/disgusting etc Cigarettes make your clothes smell awful.smell funny/strange This place smells funny sometimes.adverbssmell strongly of sth The man smelled strongly of alcohol.smell faintly/slightly/vaguely of sth His suit smelled faintly of tobacco.prepositionssmell of sth The kitchen always smells of fried food.smell like sth This wine smells like grass. |
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