petrichor

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛt.ɹɪ.kə|-ˌkɔː/    美 /ˈpɛt.ɹɪˌkɔɹ|-kɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell. uncountable
    — Though it had yet to begin raining, the familiar smell of petrichor appeared to be already present and Neelam suddenly wished she was sitting at home with a nice cup of tea and a good book.
  2. The yellow organic oil that yields this scent. uncountable
    — He hypothesizes that this factor may be petrichor, an oil which has been isolated from silicate minerals and rocks[…].

词汇关系

相关词
geosmin

词源

From petr(o)- + ichor.
Coined by Australian scientist Richard Grenfell Thomas in 1964 for the article “Nature of Argillaceous Odour”, co-authored by Isabel Joy Bear and published in the journal Nature.
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