overscent

名词 n. 动词 v.
英 /ˌəʊvəˈsɛnt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A scent that is added to or layered over another.
    — Through the broken windows of the wheelhouse came a stench compounded of bog and decay, the watery overscent of the thrusting river that had lured Sir Walter Raleigh toward a mythical El Dorado.
动词 v.
  1. To give too much scent to (something or someone); to scent excessively. transitive
    — 1989, Dan Bertalan, Traditional Bowyers of America, East Lansing, MI: Envisage Unlimited, Chapter 10, p. 158, He figured the big bear was coming in downwind and picking up his scent. “So I moved the bait station about 200 yards to a better location. Most bear hunters won’t make so many changes because they’re scared of overscenting the area. But I knew I had to make changes to kill that bear. […] ”
  2. To apply too much scent to oneself. intransitive,reflexive
    — It is never good taste to overscent one’s-self, but a person who uses no kind of artificial perfume at all, neither in soap nor in pomade, nor yet in the linen, is not always the most agreeable.
  3. To scent so as to cover or conceal the original odour.
    — having the stinch of his railing tongue, over-sented with the fragrant ointment of this Prince’s memory

词形变化

overscents present,singular,third-person overscenting participle,present overscented participle,past overscented past overscents plural

词源

词源 1
From over- + scent.
词源 2
From over- + scent.
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