Word · Frequency #6254
odour
气味（尤指难闻的气味）
a smell, especially an unpleasant one
- 1.
UK standard spelling of odor.
英国标准拼写的“odor”。
味道；迹象；名誉；声誉；英国标准拼写的“odor”。；气味；臭气
In use
There was a strange odour coming from the fridge, so I decided to clean it.
The company's involvement in the corruption case gave it an odour of scandal.
The flowers in the garden emitted a pleasant odour that attracted many butterflies.
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。
adj + odour
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。
emit/give off an odour
The flowers gave off a sweet odour.
这些花散发出甜美的气味。
Common mistakes
There is odour in the room.There is an odour in the room.
"odour"是可数名词，前面需要加冠词a/an。
This flower odours nice.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。
Connections
Collocations
- unpleasant odour
- 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。
- strong odour
- 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。
- faint odour
- 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。
- body odour
- 体臭
- He used deodorant to prevent body odour.他用止汗剂来防止体臭。
- sweet odour
- 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。
- strange odour
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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）。
Context & Register
正式或书面语境；通常中性，但多见于正式描述
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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