scent
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A distinctive smell.
the scent of flowers / of a skunk
to give off / release / exude a scent
to breathe in / inhale a scent
Đồng nghĩa: aroma, bouquet, fragrance, nosegay, odor, perfume, redolence, smell
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)The sense of smell.
I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.
Đồng nghĩa: olfaction
- 4.
(uncountable)(chiefly uncountable) A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
a scent shop
a scent bazaar
Đồng nghĩa: aftershave, cologne, eau de toilette, perfume, toilet water
- 5.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
The minister's off-hand remark put journalists on the scent of a cover-up.
The tip put the detectives on a false scent / the wrong scent.
to pick up a scent / get scent of something
to throw / put someone off the scent
- 6.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Sense, perception.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
Đồng nghĩa: smell
- 2.
(ambitransitive)To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
Đồng nghĩa: sniff, smell
- 3.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.
Đồng nghĩa: detect, discern, perceive, sense
- 4.
(transitive)To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.
Đồng nghĩa: perfume, odorize
- 5.
(intransitive, obsolete)To have a smell; (figuratively) to give an impression (of something).
1647, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, The False One, Act III, Scene 2, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, London: John Martyn et al., p. 325, I smell him now: fie, how the Knave perfumes him, / How strong he scents of Traitor?
Đồng nghĩa: smell
- 6.
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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ine-pro From Middle English sent and senten, from Old French sentir (to feel, perceive, smell, sense), from Latin sentiō, sentīre (to feel, sense). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (to feel), and thus related to Sin, sin, zin, Sinn, Sënn, Sinn. The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.