scent

• n. 气味；嗅觉；痕迹；察觉能力
• vt. 闻到；发觉；使充满…的气味；循着遗臭追踪
• vi. 发出…的气味；有…的迹象；嗅着气味追赶
• n. (Scent)人名；(英)森特

来自古法语 sentir,感觉，感官，闻，来自拉丁语 sentire,感觉，感官，词源同 sense,sentiment. 插入字母 c 可能是受-sc-影响。引申词义闻，嗅，气味，气息等。

1. a distinctive odor that is pleasant

2. an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced

3. any property detected by the olfactory system

scent

scent: [14] Scent comes ultimately from the same source that gave English sensation, sense, sentient, and sentiment – namely, Latin sentīre ‘feel, perceive’. It arrived via Old French sentir, and at first was sent in English (‘Fishes lurking among the stones [the dogs] seek out with their sent’, James Dalrymple, Leslie’s history of Scotland 1596). The modern sc- spelling did not begin to emerge until the 17th century. It is not known what the reason for it was, although it may have been a resolution of a possible confusion with the past form of send.
=> sensation, sense, sentient, sentiment

scent (v.)

late 14c., sent "to find the scent of," from Old French sentir "to feel, smell, touch, taste; realize, perceive; make love to," from Latin sentire " to feel, perceive, sense, discern, hear, see" (see sense (n.)).

Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. This was a tendency in early Modern English, also in scythe and for a time threatening to make scite and scituate. Figurative use from 1550s. Transitive sense "impregnate with an odor, perfume" is from 1690s. Related: Scented; scenting.

scent (n.)

late 14c., "scent, smell, what can be smelled" (as a means of pursuit by a hound), from scent (v.). Almost always applied to agreeable odors.

fragrance, odour, flavour, smell, perfume, scent, incense

这些词都有"气味"之意。

fragrance： 较正式的典雅用词，常指花妆品、花朵和香料等发出的令人感到新鲜、愉快的香味。

odour： 书面中性词，侧重气味本身的本质，既可指令人愉快的气味，也可指令人作呕难闻气味。

flavour： 指影响嗅觉、味觉的香气或香味，多用于指食物等独特的味。

smell： 普通用词，与odour很相近，中性词。可指好闻或不好闻或中性气味。

perfume： 书面用词，指强烈、浓厚天然或人工制造的香气。

scent与smell很接近，但着重某物质或物体所特有的气味，多指好闻的气味。

incense： 指香燃烧时发出的芳香的烟味。

Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender stayed longer and spent more than those who smelled lemon, or no scent.

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The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers.

空气中弥漫着野花的芬芳。

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These flowers have no scent.

这些花不香。

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The dogs must have lost her scent.

狗准是闻不到她的气味了。

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a bottle of scent

一瓶香水

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The scent of victory was in the air.

胜利在望。

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The dog scented a rabbit.

狗嗅到了兔子的气息。

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The press could scent a scandal.

记者觉察出有桩丑闻。

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By then, the team was scenting victory.

到那时，队员已经预感到即将获胜了。

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Roses scented the night air.

夜空中弥漫着玫瑰花香。

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Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.

选花不仅要观其形还要闻其香。

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Jasmine flowers scent the air...

空气中弥漫着茉莉花香。

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Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas.

用你最喜欢的香味熏香你的抽屉和衣柜。

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She dabbed herself with scent.

她在身上擦了一点香水。

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A police dog picked up the murderer's scent...

一只警犬嗅出了凶手的气味。

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Many kinds of insect find their mates by scent.

许多昆虫通过气味找到交配对象。

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...dogs which scent the hidden birds.

嗅出隐藏鸟群的狗

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Republicans from Pennsylvania and New York are scenting victory.

来自宾夕法尼亚州和纽约州的共和党人预感到胜利在望。

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Envy also a type of sin.

嫉妒也是一种罪.

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The thief managed to throw his pursuers off the scent.

小偷终于把追踪者甩掉了.

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On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent.

夏日的傍晚,鲜花散发出醉人的芳香.

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The air was filled with the scent of lilac.

空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳.

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The scent of lemons filled the grove.

柠檬香味充满了小树林.

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This scientist thinks he's on the scent of a cure for heart disease.

这个科学家认为自己找到了治愈心脏病的途径.

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Through the window I caught the scent of syringa mixed with the smell of grass.

从窗口,我闻到紫丁香的香味搀和着青草的味道.

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The hounds followed the stag's scent.

那群猎犬循臭味追寻牡鹿.

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