scent

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 sĕnt

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A distinctive smell. countable,uncountable
    — the scent of flowers / of a skunk
  2. A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing. countable,uncountable
    — The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.
  3. The sense of smell. countable,uncountable
    — I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.
  4. A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell. uncountable
    — a scent shop
  5. Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — The minister's off-hand remark put journalists on the scent of a cover-up.
    discover one of a series of clues in the trail of evidence
  6. Sense, perception. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — A fit false dreame, that can delude the sleepers sent.
动词 v.
  1. To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell. transitive
    — The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
  2. To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something). ambitransitive
    — I paused to scent the breeze as I entered the valley.
  3. To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something). figuratively,transitive
    — I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.
  4. To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell. transitive
    — Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.
  5. To have a smell; (figuratively) to give an impression (of something). intransitive,obsolete
    — Thunderbolts & lightnings […] do sent strongly of brimstone:
  6. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

词形变化

scents plural sent alternative,obsolete scents present,singular,third-person scenting participle,present scented participle,past scented past sent alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
afterscent false scent hay-scented fern information scent scent-bottle scented scentful scent gland scent hound scentless scentmaker scent mark scent pad scentscape underscent forescent overscent outscent scentable scenter scent out
相关词
olfactory

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sent (noun) and senten (verb), from Old French sentir (“to feel, perceive, smell, sense”), from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel, sense”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”), and thus related to Saterland Frisian Sin (“sense”), West Frisian sin (“sense”), Dutch zin (“sense, meaning”), Low German Sinn (“sense”), Luxembourgish Sënn (“sense, perception”), German Sinn (“sense”). The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.
词源 2
From Middle English sent (noun) and senten (verb), from Old French sentir (“to feel, perceive, smell, sense”), from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel, sense”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”), and thus related to Saterland Frisian Sin (“sense”), West Frisian sin (“sense”), Dutch zin (“sense, meaning”), Low German Sinn (“sense”), Luxembourgish Sënn (“sense, perception”), German Sinn (“sense”). The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.
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