新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

smell

英  [smel]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • smells

    1[C 可数名词] 气味

    The smell of something is a quality it has which you become aware of when you breathe in through your nose.

    双语例句

    例:

    the smell of freshly baked bread.

    新鲜出炉的面包的香味。

    例:

    horrible smells.

    令人恶心的气味。

    2[U 不可数名词] 嗅觉

    Your sense of smell is the ability that your nose has to detect things.

    双语例句

    例:

    people who lose their sense of smell.

    失去嗅觉的人们。

    VERB. 动词
  • smells , smelling , smelled

    1[LINK 连系动词] 有…的气味 , 闻起来

    If something smells a particular way, it has a quality which you become aware of through your nose.

    双语例句

    例:

    The room smelled of lemons.

    房间有股柠檬的气味。

    例:

    It smells delicious.

    闻起来真香。

    2[I 不及物动词] 气味难闻 , 散发异味

    If you say that something smells, you mean that it smells unpleasant.

    双语例句

    例:

    Ma threw that out. She said it smelled.

    妈把那玩意扔出去了。她说它有股怪味。

    3[T 及物动词] 闻到

    If you smell something, you become aware of it when you breathe in through your nose.

    双语例句

    例:

    As soon as we opened the front door we could smell the gas.

    我们一打开前门就闻到了煤气味。

    4[T 及物动词] (鼻子凑近)嗅

    If you smell something, you put your nose near it and breathe in, so that you can discover its smell.

    近义词

    sniff

    双语例句

    例:

    I took a fresh rose out of the vase on our table, and smelled it.

    我从我们桌上的花瓶里取出一支新鲜的玫瑰,闻了闻。