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odour of sth
There was a strange odour of burnt toast in the kitchen.
厨房里有一股烧焦面包的奇怪气味。
气味（尤指难闻的气味）
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
气味（尤指难闻的气味）
a smell, especially an unpleasant one
There was a strange odour of burnt toast in the kitchen.
厨房里有一股烧焦面包的奇怪气味。
英国标准拼写的“odor”。
UK standard spelling of odor.
There was a strange odour coming from the fridge, so I decided to clean it.
冰箱里传来一股奇怪的气味，所以我决定清理一下。
The company's involvement in the corruption case gave it an odour of scandal.
该公司卷入腐败案件使其带有丑闻的气味。
The flowers in the garden emitted a pleasant odour that attracted many butterflies.
花园里的鲜花散发出宜人的香气，吸引了许多蝴蝶。
There was a strange odour of burnt toast in the kitchen.
厨房里有一股烧焦面包的奇怪气味。
常与描述气味的形容词连用，如strong, faint, sweet, musty等。
The room had a strong, unpleasant odour.
房间里有浓烈的难闻气味。
The flowers gave off a sweet odour.
这些花散发出甜美的气味。
Not this
There is odour in the room.
Use this
There is an odour in the room.
"odour"是可数名词，前面需要加冠词a/an。
Not this
This flower odours nice.
Use this
This flower has a nice odour.
"odour"是名词，不能用作动词。应使用"have/has an odour"或"smell"来表达。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
难闻的气味
The kitchen had an unpleasant odour of rotten eggs.
厨房里有一股难闻的臭鸡蛋味。
浓烈的气味
A strong odour of garlic filled the room.
房间里弥漫着浓烈的大蒜味。
淡淡的气味
There was a faint odour of perfume in the air.
空气中有一股淡淡的香水味。
体臭
He used deodorant to prevent body odour.
他用止汗剂来防止体臭。
香甜的气味
The garden was filled with the sweet odour of roses.
花园里弥漫着玫瑰的香甜气味。
奇怪的气味
A strange odour was coming from the basement.
地下室里传来一股奇怪的气味。
名声不好，不受欢迎
He has been in bad odour with his colleagues since the scandal.
自丑闻以来，他在同事中名声不佳。
圣洁的气味（常指虚伪的虔诚）
She cultivated an odour of sanctity to gain influence in the church.
她培养出一种圣洁的气味以在教会中获得影响力。
腐败的气息
The odour of corruption hangs over the entire administration.
腐败的气息笼罩着整个行政机构。
Use odour naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象闻到难闻气味时发出‘噢’的声音，与odour发音类似，表示气味（尤指难闻的）。
正式或书面语境；通常中性，但多见于正式描述
这些词都以-our结尾，但与odour的发音不同（重读音节元音不同），因此并不押韵。odour的发音为/ˈəʊdə/，而colour读作/ˈkʌlə/，flavour读作/ˈfleɪvə/等。
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