Word · Frequency #7033
perfume
/pɚˈfjuːm/
verb
给…喷香水；使带有香味
To put perfume on someone or something; to give a pleasant scent.
- 1.
To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
喷洒香水；使充满香味
- 2.
fill or impregnate with an odor
充满或渗透气味
使充满气味；使渗透着香味；喷洒香水；使充满香味；充满或渗透气味；洒香水于；薰香
In use
The flowers perfumed the entire room with a sweet scent.
She perfumed her letter with a few drops of lavender oil.
The breeze perfuming the garden came from the jasmine bushes.
orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden
Verb forms
base perfume · third person perfumes · -ing perfuming · past perfumed · past participle perfumed
规则动词，表示‘使充满香气’。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
通常用作及物动词，后接名词作宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
perfume 作动词读 /pɝˈfjum/，重音在第二音节。fume 与其押韵（都有 /fjuːm/）。plume、flume、assume、consume 的 -ume 在美式英语中读 /uːm/，没有 /j/；volume 的 -ume 虽带 /j/，但重音在首音节。这些 lookalikes 都不押韵，勿按拼写推断读音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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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