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smell

noun

verb

smel noun

1 the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nose 气味 C

[+ of ]

The air was filled with the smell of flowers.

空气中弥漫着花香。

sweet/delicious smell

There’s a delicious smell coming from the kitchen.

厨房里传来一阵香味。

unpleasant/bad/acrid smell

the acrid smell of smoke

烟的刺鼻气味

strong/pungent smell

a pungent smell of garlic

大蒜的刺鼻气味

2 an unpleasant smell 难闻的气味，臭味 C

I think the smell’s getting worse.

我觉得这气味越来越难闻了。

3 the ability to notice or recognize smells 嗅觉 U

loss of taste and smell

味觉和嗅觉的丧失

Dogs have a very good sense of smell .

狗的嗅觉非常灵敏。

4 an act of smelling something 闻，嗅 C usually singular 一般用单数

Have a smell of this cheese; does it seem all right?

闻一闻这块干酪，是不是好的？

5 good smell 好闻的气味

aroma

6 bad smell 难闻的气味 BrE AmE BrE

stink

smelt verb

NOTICE A SMELL

注意到有气味

to notice or recognize a particular smell 闻出，闻到，嗅到 T not in progressive 不用进行式

I can smell burning.

我闻到了烧焦的气味。

Can you smell something?

你闻到什么气味了吗？

HAVE A SMELL

有某种气味

to have a particular smell 有…气味，发出…气味 linking verb 连系动词 | BrE :

[+ adj ]

The stew smelted delicious .

这炖菜闻起来真香。

Mm! Something smells good !

呣！什么东西这么香！

[+ like ]

It smells like rotten eggs.

这闻起来像臭鸡蛋。

[+ of ] BrE 【英】:

My clothes smelt of smoke.

我的衣服上有烟味。

sweet-smelling/foul-smelling etc

sweet-smelling flowers

气味芬芳的花朵

HAVE A BAD SMELL

有难闻气味

to have an unpleasant smell 发出臭气，有难闻的气味 I not in progressive 不用进行式

Your feet smell!

你的脚好臭！

The room smelled to high heaven (=had a very bad smell) .

这房间臭气熏天。

PUT YOUR NOSE NEAR STH

把鼻子靠近某物

to put your nose near something in order to discover what kind of smell it has 闻，嗅; T

She bent down and smelt the flowers.

她弯下腰闻了闻花儿。

HAVE ABILITY

有能力

to have the ability to notice and recognize smells 有嗅觉 I

I’ve got a cold and I can’t smell.

我得了感冒，闻不出味道。

smell trouble/danger etc

to feel that something is going to happen, especially something bad 感到有麻烦/有危险等

Miller had smelled trouble the moment she said who she was.

就在她说出她是谁的时候，米勒感觉到有麻烦了。

smell a rat

to guess that something wrong or dishonest is happening [非正式] 怀疑事情不对头，感到其中有诈 informal

smell wrong/fishy/odd etc

to seem dishonest or untrue [非正式] 似乎不对劲/靠不住/奇怪等 informal

The whole thing is beginning to smell fishy to me.

我开始感到这整件事有可疑。

15 to find something by smelling 闻出，嗅出;

They use dogs trained to smell out explosives.

他们使用受过训练能嗅出爆炸物的狗。

16 to find or recognize something because you have a natural ability to do this [非正式] 感觉到，觉察到; informal

They’ll be able to smell out any corruption.

他们将能觉察到任何腐败行为。

smells

You can say that something good, bad, strange etc. 可以说某物 smells good, bad, strange 等。

18 Use an adjective, never an adverb. 要用形容词，绝不可用副词

You smell wonderful (NOT 不说 wonderfully) – what perfume is that?

你身上的味道真好闻 — 那是什么香水？

smell of

In British English, you can use with to say what something smells like. 在英国英语里，可以用 smell of 来表示某物有某种气味

Her jacket smelled of smoke (NOT 不说 smelled smoke) .

她的外套上有股烟味。

smells

If you say that something or someone , you mean they have a bad smell. 如果说某物或某人 smells，意思是有臭味

Your socks smell.

你的袜子好臭。

can smell smell

If you something or you something, you notice its smell. can smell something 或 smell something 表示闻到某种气味

I can smell coffee.

我闻到了咖啡的味道。

We smelled smoke.

我们闻到了烟味。

22 You do not say 不要说 ‘feel a smell’.