scent

[sent]

n.气味, 香味, 线索
v.闻出, 发觉, 充满, 得到 ... 的暗示

n.

1. 气味, 香味[C]

The scent of the narcissi was in the air.

空气中散发着水仙花的香味。

2. (猎物的)遗臭; 踪迹, 线索[C][S1]

The dogs easily picked up the scent of the murderer.

狗毫不费力地嗅出了谋杀者的气味。

3. 迹象[C]

There is a scent of trouble.

有出现麻烦的迹象。

4. 嗅觉; 察觉能力[U][S1][(+for)]

He has a keen scent for errors.

他对错误有敏锐的察觉能力。

5. 香水[U]

The girl uses too much scent.

那女孩子用的香水过多。

vt.

1. 嗅, 闻; 嗅出, 闻到[(+out)]

The dog scented a rabbit and ran off after it.

狗嗅到了一只兔子便追了上去。

2. 察觉, 预感[+(that)]

James scented something suspicious in this courtesy.

詹姆斯发觉这殷勤之中有点可疑。

3. 使充满气味[H][(+with)]

The air is scented with rose.

空气里充满了玫瑰花的芳香。

4. 洒香水于

She scented her hair with lemon juice.

她将柠檬汁洒在头发上。

vi.

1. 嗅猎

Dogs scented after foxes.

狗循气味追猎狐狸。

2. 发出气味; 具有迹象[(+of)]

The tube scents of sulphur.

这个试管有硫磺气味。

词形变化

形容词: scentless | 动词过去式: scented | 动词过去分词: scented | 动词现在分词: scenting | 动词第三人称单数: scents |

词义辨析

同义:

n.气味, 香味

smell  odor  essence  fragrance  

同义参见:

whiff  perfume  aroma  nose  incense  perfume  bouquet  sniff  

反义:

n.气味, 香味

stench  stink  

英英释义

名词 scent:

a distinctive odor that is pleasant

同义词：aroma, fragrance, perfume

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

any property detected by the olfactory system

同义词：olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour

动词 scent:

cause to smell or be smelly

同义词：odorize, odourise

catch the scent of; get wind of

同义词：nose, wind

apply perfume to

同义词：perfume

短语词组

off the scent

1. 失去线索

The police admitted that they were off the scent.

警方承认他们失去了线索。

on the scent

1. 有线索

We are on the scent of an important discovery.

我们掌握了一条可能导致重要发现的线索。

补充

scentscent英:[sent] 美:[sɛnt]n.1.气味, 香味The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。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。2.香水The girl always uses too much scent.这姑娘总是用过多的香水。3.(动物的)臭迹, 遗臭The hounds followed the stag's scent.那群猎犬循臭味追寻牡鹿。4.线索The police are now on the scent of the culprit.警方正在追踪罪犯。5.(尤指狗的)嗅觉A dog has keen scent.狗具有灵敏的嗅觉。vt.1.(动物等)嗅出…的气味, 嗅出…的存在The dogs had scented a fox.这些狗嗅出附近有狐狸。2.察觉到(坏事等的)存在; 觉得有, 怀疑有He scented danger.他觉察到有危险。I scented that all was not well.我觉得一切都不正常。3.使充满香味; 洒香水于The air was scented with spring flowers.空气中充满了春天花朵的芳香。

例句

1. A police dog picked up the murderer's scent.一只警犬嗅出了凶手的气味。 2. We are on the scent of something big.我们在跟踪一个大事件。 3. Maybe I could throw the cops off the scent by telling them I saw the guy who committed the crime.也许我可以告诉警方我看到了罪犯, 以此来把他们甩掉。 4. She dabbed herself with scent.她往身上擦了一点儿香水。 5. Jasmine flowers scent the air.空气中弥漫着茉莉花香。 6. 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感到胜利在望。 7. to scent a whiff of fragrance闻到一股香味 8. to scent tea with jasmine让茶叶饱含茉莉花香 9. to scent the bedroom往卧室里洒香水 10. to scent danger感到有点危险 11. to scent of a smell发出一股臭气 12. These marks scented of being touched.这些痕迹表明有人动过。 13. the fox to be scented after被追猎的狐狸 14. the scent of freshly cut hay.新切的干草香味。 15. she sprayed scent over her body.她往身上喷香水。 16. the hound followed the scent.狗跟踪臭迹。 17. once their interest is aroused they follow the scent with sleuth-like pertinacity.一旦引起他们的兴趣，他们就抓住线索，穷追不舍。 18. a glass of tea scented with a local herb.用本地药草使茶带有香味。 19. [asadj. scented]scented soap.香皂。 20. a shark can scent blood from well over half a kilometre away.鲨鱼能在半公里之外嗅到血腥味。 21. the Premier scented victory last night.昨夜总理就预感到了胜利。 22. the bull advanced, scenting the breeze at every step.公牛向前走着，每一步都要嗅一嗅微风中的气味。 23. This flower has no scent.这种花没有香味。 24. The scent of victory was in the air.大家预感到将要取得胜利。 25. The dog scented a rabbit and shot off.狗嗅到兔子的气味，便飞奔而去。 26. The flower has a wonderful scent.这种花的香味很好闻。 27. the scent of flowers/perfume花香；香水的香气 28. The dogs followed the fox's scent.狗群循着那只狐狸的臭气追踪。 29. The prisoner escaped because the dogs lost his scent.犯人逃走了，因为追踪他的狗闻不到他的气味了。 30. The reporter was on the scent of a big story. [=was following/investigating a big story]这名记者正在道踪一个重大事件。 31. Scientists are on the scent of a cure. [=are looking for and are close to finding a cure]科学家们找到了治愈该病的线索。 32. He was being investigated by federal officials but he somehow managed to put them off the/his scent.联邦官员正在调查他，但他不知怎么地设法摆脱了他们。 33. There was a scent [=hint] of trouble in the air. [=trouble was developing]好像要有麻烦了。 34. Her story has a/the scent of truth. [=her story seems to be true]她的描述有点像是真的。 35. a bottle of scent一瓶香水 36. The dog scented a rabbit.狗闻到了兔子的臭迹。 37. "We scented [=sensed, detected] trouble and left."我们察觉到有麻烦，就离开了。 38. The reporter scented a big story.记者感觉有大事要报道。 39. Roses scented [=perfumed] the air.玫瑰花的芳香弥漫在空气中。 40. She scented her handkerchief.她把手绢弄得香香的。 41. She scented the air with perfume.她往空气中喷了香水。 42. The room was scented by the flowers.房间里弥漫着花香。 43. The air was scented with/by her perfume.空气中散发着她的香水味。