smell test

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsmɛl tɛst/    美 /ˈsmɛl ˌtɛst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An assessment of a subject's ability to detect and distinguish odors.
    — Although scientists have yet to pin down any biological basis for cigarette smokers' impaired performance on the smell test, Doty says he suspects that certain chemicals in smoke . . . damage the olfactory receptor cells in the nose.
  2. Synonym of sniff test.; An inspection of an object by smelling it, as for cleanliness of clothing or freshness of food.
    — I give the smell test to many foods when I shop.
  3. Synonym of sniff test.; An informal check of whether an idea or proposal is credible, ethical, etc., using one's common sense or sense of propriety. figuratively
    — It just doesn't pass the smell test. It just creates too many opportunities for cutting corners, doing unethical things and basically not telling the truth.

词形变化

smell tests plural

词汇关系

相关词
smell a rat

词源

From smell (noun) + test (noun).
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