2.[countableC]HBA the smell of a particular animal or person that some other animals, for exampledogs, can follow 〔动物的〕臭气,臭迹;〔人的〕气味
3throw/put somebody off the scentESCAPEto give someone false information to prevent them from catching you or discovering something 〔提供错误信息〕使某人失去线索
Was he trying to put me off the scent because I had come too close to the truth?
是不是因为我快要发现真相了,他就想法儿误导我?
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throw/put somebody off the scent• The aspirant towards a more spiritual way of life will be thrown entirely off the scent.• That put them off the scent.• But he'd got to put Graham off the scent.• And why should I try to throw you off the scent?• Or were they trying to put him off the scent?
4.[countableC, uncountableU] especially British EnglishBrEDCBSMELL a liquid that you put on your skin to make it smell pleasant 香水SYN perfume
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scent• There she would lick them and give them her scent and then allow them to feed alongside her own kittens.• All she could smell was the cleanmasculinescent of Guido's skin.• The band might evoke a gallery of rolemodels, but its musicalscentremains purely and distinctively Pavement.• Two police bloodhounds followed the boy's scent to the old house.• The dogs followed the fox's scent to the edge of the forest.• The sweetscent of incense filled the air.• If you like a sweeter scent and have a wetterspot, prostratechamomile works the same way.• The deercaught the scent of the man, and sprang off over the hill.• Was the scent essentially McAllister, or was it some subtleperfume she chose to wear?• The scent and hissing of pineneedles make him believe he's in a hospital where nursespass by him.• The scent made its way up to the chapel and viewing rooms, where two bodies were laid out.• She handed the joint to him after taking the first toke, filling the room with scent.
scent2 verb [transitiveT]
1to give a particular smell to something 使…带有某种香味 → perfume
Honeysuckle and roses scented the air.
空气中弥漫着忍冬和玫瑰的花香。
2writtenSURE to suddenly think that something is going to happen or exists 预感,觉察
We scented danger and decided to leave.
我们觉察到有危险,便决定离开。
The press had immediately scented a story.
新闻界立刻就嗅出有东西可写。
The trade unions have scented victory.
工会预感到胜利在望。
3.HBAif an animal scents another animal or a person, it knows that they are near because it can smell them 〔动物〕嗅出…的气味
1pleasant smell香味ADJECTIVE | VERB + SCENT | SCENT + VERBADJECTIVE➤heady, heavy, intoxicating, pungent, rich, sharp, strong醉人的芳香;濃重的香味;刺鼻的香味;濃郁的香氣;濃烈的香味◇the heavy scent of Indian cooking印度菜濃郁的香味➤delicate, faint, soft淡雅的香味;幽香;淡淡的香味➤lingering揮之不去的香氣▸➤sweet芳香▸➤beautiful, delicious, lovely, pleasant美妙的香味;怡人的香氣▸➤fresh清新的香味◇the fresh scent of flowers鮮花的清香➤warm溫潤的香氣➤floral, flowery花香➤jasmine, lavender, pine, etc.茉莉花、薰衣草、松木等的香氣▸➤musky, spicy麝香的/香料的芬芳▸➤exotic異國情調的香味◇Frank inhaled the exotic floral scent of her perfume.弗蘭克嗅了一下她的香水散發出來的異國花香。➤familiar熟悉的香味VERB + SCENT➤have有香味◇This flower has no scent.這花沒有香味。➤be filled with充滿香味◇The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空氣中瀰漫着丁香花的芬芳。➤give off, release釋放出/散發出香味◇The flowers give off a heady scent at night.這些花在晚上散發出醉人的芳香。➤breathe in, inhale, smell吸入/嗅到/聞到香味SCENT + VERB➤come, drift, waft香味撲鼻而來;香氣飄來◇From the vine outside came the scent of honey.外面的葡萄藤飄來花蜜的香味。➤fill sth香氣充滿⋯◇The scent of pine filled the room.松木的香氣瀰漫整個房間。➤linger香氣不散◇The scent of incense lingered in the air.熏香的氣味還留存在空氣中。scent
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2smell that an animal/a person leaves behind動物或人留下的氣味ADJECTIVE | VERB + SCENT | SCENT + NOUNADJECTIVE➤body, human, masculine, personal, sexual體味;人體氣味;男性體味;個體氣味;與性別相關的氣味VERB + SCENT➤be on, have循着/嗅着臭跡◇The dog was on the scent of a rabbit.狗循着野兔的臭跡追踪。◇The hounds have the scent.獵犬嗅着臭跡。➤leave留下氣味◇The cat had left its scent on the sofa.沙發上留下了貓的氣味。➤catch, pick up聞到/嗅出臭跡◇One of the hounds had picked up the scent of a fox.其中一條獵犬嗅到了狐狸的臭跡。➤lose失去臭跡▸➤follow跟踪臭跡SCENT + NOUN➤gland氣味腺➤mark, marking氣味標記▸➤trail臭跡