词汇 | scent |
释义 | scent noun uk/sent/ us/sent/ B2 [ C ]香味 a pleasant natural smell the scent of roses 玫瑰的香味 [ C ](动物的)臭迹 a smell produced by an animal that acts as a signal to other animals The hounds had lost the scent of the fox near the river. 猎狗在河边闻不到狐狸的臭迹了。 [ C or U ]香水 a pleasant-smelling liquid that people put on their skin a bottle of scent 一瓶香水 Synonym: perfume Idioms on the scentidiom 快要找到,已获得线索 close to discovering "We're on the scent of something big," said the police chief. “我们快要抓到大鱼了,”警长说。 throw/put someone off the scentidiom 使(某人)失去线索,使(某人)找不到 to give someone false or confusing information to prevent them from discovering something that you do not want them to know about scent verb [ T ] uk/sent/ us/sent/ (动物)嗅出,闻到 If an animal scents something or someone, it knows that person or thing is there because it can smell it, him, or her. 觉察出;预感到 If a person scents something, they have a feeling that they are about to experience it. Halfway through the game, the team could already scent victory. 半场以后,这个球队已经能预感到要获胜了。 Idiom scent bloodidiom 嗅到血腥味(意识到竞争对手有麻烦,并加以利用) to believe that someone you are competing against is having difficulties and to use this to get an advantage for yourself The manager has already made some serious errors of judgment and it is clear that other employees scent blood. 经理已经犯了一些严重的判断错误,很明显其他员工已经嗅到了血腥味。 |
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