Word · Frequency #15260
incense
激怒；使愤怒
To make someone very angry.
- 1.
To anger; to infuriate.
- 2.
To offer incense to.
- 3.
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
- 4.
perfume especially with a censer
香,尤指用香炉焚熏的香料
用香熏；熏香；向…上香；焚香敬奉；香,尤指用香炉焚熏的香料；焚香；用香焚
In use
His careless words incensed his colleagues.
She incenses the shrine with sandalwood every day.
The unfair policy incensed the entire community.
incense sth
及物动词，后接被熏香的对象。
They incense the temple with sandalwood.
他们用檀香熏香寺庙。
be incensed
被动结构，表示被熏香的状态。
The room was incensed with jasmine.
房间里弥漫着茉莉花的香气。
incense sth with sth
She incensed the room with rose incense.
她用玫瑰香熏了房间。
Connections
Collocations
- incense someone
- 激怒某人
- His careless remarks incensed everyone in the meeting.他漫不经心的话激怒了会议上的每个人。
- be incensed at something
- 对某事感到愤怒
- She was incensed at the way she had been treated.她对自己受到的对待方式感到愤怒。
- incensed crowd
- 愤怒的人群
- An incensed crowd gathered outside the building.一群愤怒的人群聚集在大楼外。
- incense the air
- 使空气充满香味；熏香
- The burning herbs incensed the air with a sweet smell.燃烧的草药使空气中充满甜香。
Pop culture & quotes
- Incense and peppermints, the color of time.
- 焚香与薄荷糖，时间的颜色。A line from the 1967 psychedelic rock song "Incense and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock, often seen as an anthem of the 1960s counterculture.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
动词读 in-SENSE，重音在后，联想“把怒气灌进你的感觉里”，让人极度生气；名词重音在前才指“香”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reporting、literary prose 动词 incense 表示“激怒”，多用于正式或书面语境，常见于被动结构（如 be incensed），口语中很少使用。
Grammar Note
动词incense有两个主要含义：1.（及物）使生气；2.（不及物/及物）焚香，常搭配incense sth with sth。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与动词 incense /ɪnˈsɛns/ 押韵：重读音节均为 /ɛns/，且拼写以 -ense 结尾。注意：名词 incense（香）读作 /ˈɪnsɛns/，重音在首音节，与以上词不押韵；另外 increase /ɪnˈkriːs/ 拼写相似但发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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