scent
音标发音
- 英式音标 [sent]
- 美式音标 [sɛnt]
- 国际音标 [sent]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 气味；嗅觉；痕迹；察觉能力
- vt. 闻到；发觉；使充满…的气味；循着遗臭追踪
- vi. 发出…的气味；有…的迹象；嗅着气味追赶
- n. (Scent)人名；(英)森特
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。
词根记忆
- 开放的花朵送出(sent)沁人的香气(scent)
- 送(sent)人玫瑰，手有余香(scent)
- 开放的花朵送出(sent)沁人心脾的香气(scent)
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- scented：有香味的；有气味的；洒了香水的。
- scentless：无气味的，无嗅觉的；遗臭已消失的。
- v性质的同根词
- scented：嗅；使充满…气味；察觉（scent的过去分词）。
用法辨析
- 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”。
- 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。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- The scent of lemons filled the grove.
柠檬香味充满了小树林。 - The cat scented a rat by a hole.
猫在洞旁嗅出有一只老鼠。 - I scented that all was not well.
我觉得什么地方出了问题。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+that-clause
词组短语
- 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
- false 〔wrong〕 scent 假线索
- acute 〔keen〕 scent 敏锐的嗅觉
- by scent 凭嗅觉
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
形容词+～
介词+～
英英字典
- a pleasant natural smell
- If an animal scents something or someone, it knows that person or thing is there because it can smell it, him, or her.
- The scent of something is the pleasant smell that it has.
- If something scents a place or thing, it makes it smell pleasant.
- Scent is a liquid which women put on their necks and wrists to make themselves smell nice.
- The scent of a person or animal is the smell that they leave and that other people sometimes follow when looking for them.
- When an animal scents something, it becomes aware of it by smelling it.
剑桥英英字典
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专业释义
- 气味
- 气味
- 混合饵(料)
- 香水