scent sth
最常用的意思,指人或动物通过嗅觉发现某物。
The dogs scented the rabbit and began to bark.
几只狗嗅到了兔子的气味,开始吠叫。
使带有香味;加香味于;觉察到;怀疑;凭嗅觉追踪(猎物);嗅出......的气味;通过嗅觉辨别。;吸入以检测(某物)的气味。
To detect a smell by breathing it in; to smell something.
嗅出......的气味;通过嗅觉辨别。
To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
吸入以检测(某物)的气味。
To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
怀疑;察觉到(某事)的可能性。
To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
赋予气味,使具有特定气味。
To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
利用嗅觉狩猎动物。
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
一般现在时
The dog scents the intruder immediately.
这只狗立即闻出了入侵者。
一般过去时
She scented danger and ran away.
她察觉到危险,跑开了。
现在完成时
He has scented a change in the market.
他嗅到了市场的变化。
动词,意为闻出、察觉
The candles scented the entire house with a vanilla fragrance.
蜡烛用香草香味使整个房子充满气味。
用法提示:scented 作为过去式动词,意为‘使充满气味’,此处描述蜡烛散发香味。
The detective scented trouble as soon as he entered the room.
侦探一进入房间就嗅到了麻烦的气息。
用法提示:scented 作为过去式动词,意为‘察觉、嗅出’,此处指凭直觉意识到问题。
She scented the air and smiled happily.
她闻了闻空气,开心地笑了。
用法提示:scented 作为过去式动词,意为‘闻、嗅’,此处描述主动嗅闻空气的动作。
最常用的意思,指人或动物通过嗅觉发现某物。
The dogs scented the rabbit and began to bark.
几只狗嗅到了兔子的气味,开始吠叫。
后接抽象名词,表示察觉到某种可能性或趋势,多用于新闻或文学语体。
The players scented victory and attacked even harder.
球员们嗅到了胜利的气息,进攻得更加猛烈。
被动结构,表示某处或某物带有某种气味;主动形式 scent sth 也可表示“使……有香味”。
The garden was scented with jasmine.
花园里弥漫着茉莉花的香味。
最通用的词,与 scent 在“闻到”义上可互换;但 scent 更侧重通过气味辨别,常用于动物或侦探语境。
强调用短促吸气的方式闻,比 scent 更具目的性;如 sniff the milk 是主动闻气味。
泛指发现或察觉,不限于嗅觉;在描述闻到气味时较正式,常见于科学或技术语境。
grammar · medium
易错句子These flowers scent wonderful.
正确表达These flowers smell wonderful.
scent 是及物动词,表示“嗅出、察觉、使有气味”,不能像 smell 那样作系动词接形容词作表语;要表达“闻起来……”,应使用系动词 smell。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a scent candle.
正确表达I bought a scented candle.
修饰名词要用形容词 scented(由过去分词转化而来),动词原形 scent 不能直接放在名词前作定语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The dog scented of the drugs.
正确表达The dog scented the drugs.
scent 作动词是及物的,后面直接跟宾语(嗅出、察觉的对象),不加介词 of;of 只出现在名词短语 a scent of 中。
针对 scent 作动词“赋予气味,使具有特定气味”的义项;deodorize 指去除气味,语义相反,二者不能互换。
觉察到危险;嗅到危险的气息
The dog scented danger and began to bark.
那条狗觉察到了危险,开始叫起来。
觉得可疑;怀疑其中有诈
He scented a rat when the company offered him a huge bonus for no apparent reason.
当公司毫无理由地给他一大笔奖金时,他起了疑心。
嗅到血腥味;(比喻)察觉可乘之机
The sharks scented blood in the water and moved closer.
鲨鱼嗅到了水中的血腥味,慢慢靠近。
使空气中弥漫着香气
The roses scented the air in the garden.
玫瑰使花园的空气中弥漫着芳香。
嗅出;查出
The police dogs scented out the hidden drugs.
警犬嗅出了藏匿的毒品。
循着气味追踪
The hounds scented the trail and set off across the field.
猎犬嗅到踪迹后出发穿过田野。
嗅到血腥味;觉察到对手的弱点或失败的机会
After the first goal, the team scented blood and attacked relentlessly.
打进第一球后,这支队伍嗅到了获胜的机会,发起了猛烈的进攻。
(通过线索或直觉)查明;发觉
Journalists scented out the scandal within days.
记者们在几天内就查明了这起丑闻。
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