单词 | smell |
释义 | smell [smel] verb (smelled or UK ALSO smelt, smelled or UK ALSO smelt) CHARACTERISTIC 特征 ESSENTIAL intransitive [L only + adj] ■to have a particular quality that others can notice with their noses 有…气味,发出…气味 •My hands smell UKof •That cake smells good.那蛋糕闻起来不错。 •There's something in the fridge that smells mouldy.冰箱里有东西闻起来发霉了。 •Your feet smell (= have an unpleasant smell). Why don't you wash them?你的脚很臭,为甚么不洗洗呢? [smel] verb (smelled or UK ALSO smelt, smelled or UK ALSO smelt)DISCOVER 发现 ADVANCED transitive ■to notice or discover something using the nose 闻出,闻到 •Come and smell these flowers!过来闻闻这些花! •Can you smell something burning •[+ (that •I can smell something nasty in the bottom of the fridge.我能闻到冰箱底部有甚么东西馊掉了。 transitive informal ■to know about or be conscious of a situation without having to be told about it 嗅到,意识到 •Brenda can smell trouble [smel] verb (smelled or UK ALSO smelt, smelled or UK ALSO smelt)ABILITY 能力 ADVANCED intransitive ■to have the ability to notice or discover that a substance is present by using your nose 闻,嗅出 •Humans can't smell as well as dogs.人的嗅觉不如狗灵敏。 •What I hate most about having a cold is not being able to smell.感冒最让我讨厌的是闻不到气味。 [smel] verb (smelled or UK ALSO smelt, smelled or UK ALSO smelt)come up/out smelling of roses uk (US come up/out smelling like roses) ■to have people believe that you are good and honest after a difficult situation which could have made you seem bad or dishonest 虽卷入…仍保持名誉 •When the results of the fraud investigation were announced last week, the staff came up smelling of roses.上星期公布的诈骗案调查结果证明员工们是清白的。 [smel] verb (smelled or UK ALSO smelt, smelled or UK ALSO smelt)smell a rat ■to recognize that something is not as it appears to be or that something dishonest is happening 发觉有可疑之处,感到其中有诈 •He's been working late with her every night this week - I smell a rat!他这周每天晚上总是和她一起工作到很晚——我觉得很可疑! [smel] verb (smelled or UK ALSO smelt, smelled or UK ALSO smelt)smell blood ■to recognize an opportunity to take advantage of someone who is in a difficult situation 发现有机可乘;意识到可以乘人之危的时机来了 •When she smells blood, you don't get a second chance.当她意识到机会来临时,你就没有第二次机会了。 [smel] verb (smelled or UK ALSO smelt, smelled or UK ALSO smelt)Phrasal Verbs [M] smell somewhere out UK and Australian English (US smell somewhere up) ■to fill a place with a smell, in an unpleasant way (某处)弥漫着难闻的气味 •That aftershave of yours is smelling out the whole house.整个房子都弥漫着你那个须后水的味道。 [smel] verb (smelled or UK ALSO smelt, smelled or UK ALSO smelt)Phrasal Verbs [M] smell sth/sb out mainly UK (US usually sniff sth/sb out) ■to discover where something or someone is by smelling 闻出,嗅出 •At customs, dogs are used to smell out drugs in passengers' luggage.在海关,狗被用来嗅查乘客行李中的毒品。 [smel] noun CHARACTERISTIC 特征 ESSENTIAL countable ■the characteristic of something that can be recognized or noticed using the nose 气味 •What's your favourite smell?你最喜欢甚么气味? •I love the •The marketplace was filled with delightful smells.市场上弥漫著令人愉悦的香味。 •There's a delicious •I wish we could get rid of that smell (= bad smell) in the bathroom.但愿我们能除掉浴室里那种难闻的气味。 the smell of sth literary ■the particular character or feeling that someone or something has 气息 •She's still enjoying the sweet [smel] noun ABILITY 能力 IMPROVER uncountable ■the ability to notice or discover that a substance is present by using your nose 嗅觉 •Smell is one of the five senses.嗅觉是五种感觉官能之一。 •Dogs have a very good sense of [smel] noun DISCOVER 发现 only singular mainly UK ■when you put your nose near something and breathe in so that you can discover its characteristics with your nose 闻,嗅 •Have a |
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