英语词组smell out是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	smell out
释义	Phr V smell out smells, smelling, smelled British and Australian pt & pp also smelt smell out sth or smell sth out if an animal smells something out, it finds that thing by smelling I bet your dog could smell those rabbits out. smell out sth or smell sth out British & Australian informal smell up sth or smell sth up American informal to fill a room with a smell, especially an unpleasant one That curry you had last night has smelt the whole place out. phrasesmell out1. *smell sth/sb* out** • smell out sth/sb if an animal smells out something or someone, it finds them by using its sense of smell: A fox could hide in the woods after dark, but our dogs would smell it out.2. smell out sth • *smell sth* out** to discover something that someone want to keep hidden or secret because you have a natural ability to do this: Dobson had a cunning instinct that could smell out weakness in others. They feared her because somehow she always smelt out their innermost secrets.3. smell out sth • smell sth BrE to fill a place with an unpleasant smell: The trouble with fried onions is that they smell the place out for days.■ SIMILAR TO: stink out informal smell out 1. To locate someone or something using one's sense of smell. Almost exclusively said of dogs or other animals. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smell" and "out." The police use specially trained dogs to smell out criminals. After receiving a bomb threat at the stadium, search dogs were brought in to smell it out. 2. By extension, to uncover, reveal, or expose someone or something through some form of investigation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smell" and "out." If the company is up to anything fishy, the auditor will smell it out. Our lead investigative journalist smelled out some major corruption between the senator and foreign investors. smell (someone, something, or an animal) out to locate someone, something, or an animal by smelling or as if by smelling. The dog smelled the crook out from the place in the alley where he was hiding. The dog smelled out the raccoon.
随便看	change the record change the subject change to change tune changeup change-up change up changeups change-ups change up with the times change us into change ways change with change with her change with him change with me change with one change with them change with the times change with us change with you change you into change your mind change your stripes change your tune

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smell out

smell (someone, something, or an animal) out