smell

smell的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [smel]
KK音标发音： [smɛl]

smell的词性：
v.（动词）

smell的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To perceive the scent of (something) by means of the olfactory nerves.
嗅到，闻到：通过嗅觉神经觉察到（某物）的气味

2. To sense the presence of by or as if by the olfactory nerves; detect or discover:
发现：通过嗅觉神经或像通过嗅觉神经一样发现某物的存在；发掘或发现：

We smelled trouble ahead. The select committee was supposed to smell out corruption in law enforcement.
我们发现前面有麻烦。检查委员会发现在法律的强制执行中有腐败现象

smell的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

3. To use the sense of smell; perceive the scent of something.
闻：使用嗅觉器官；闻到某物的气味

4. To have or emit an odor:
有或散发某种气味：

“The breeze smelled exactly like Vouvray—flowery, with a hint of mothballs underneath”(Anne Tyler)
“清风中散发着一种花香般的完全象法国白葡萄酒的气味，其中还夹杂着一股樟脑球的香味”(安妮·泰勒)

5. To be suggestive; have a touch of something:
暗示着；有某物的迹像：

a cave that smells of terror.
充满着恐怖气氛的山洞

6. To have or emit an unpleasant odor; stink:
发臭气：具有或散发着一种令人不快的气味；难闻：

This closet smells.
这衣柜发出难闻的味道

7. To appear to be dishonest; suggest evil or corruption.
显得不老实；暗示邪恶或腐败

smell的词性：
n.（名词）

8. The sense by which odors are perceived; the olfactory sense.
嗅觉：能闻出气味的感觉；闻气味的感觉

9. That quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense.
气味：能通过嗅觉发现的某种性质

10. The act or an instance of smelling.
闻：嗅气味的行为或事例

11. A distinctive enveloping or characterizing quality; an aura or a trace:
气息：某种清楚的总体性或特征性的品质；气味或踪迹：

the smell of success.
胜利的气息

12. To suspect that something is wrong.
怀疑有些事情不对

smell的词源：

13. Middle English smellen
中古英语 smellen

smell， aroma， odor， scent

14. The central meaning shared by these nouns is “a quality that can be perceived by the olfactory sense”:
所有这些名词都有一个共同的中心意思“一种能够被嗅觉器官发觉的性质”：

the smell of gas;
煤气的味道；

the aroma of frying onions;
煎洋葱的气味；

hospital odors;
医院里的气味；

the scent of pine needles.
松树针尖的气味