smell

verb

1. 有（或发出）…气味
   to have a particular smell
   1. The room smelt damp.
      屋子里有潮气。
   2. Dinner smells good.
      饭菜闻起来很香。
   3. a bunch of sweet-smelling flowers
      一束散发着馨香的花
   4. His breath smelt of garlic.
      他嘴里有蒜味。
   5. What does the perfume smell like?
      这种香水闻起来什么味道？
2. 闻到，嗅到（气味）
   to notice or recognize a particular smell
   1. He said he could smell gas when he entered the room.
      他一进屋就说闻到了煤气味。
   2. The dog had smelt a rabbit.
      狗嗅到了兔子的气味。
   3. I could smell alcohol on his breath.
      我闻得到他呼吸中有酒气。
   4. Can you smell something burning?
      你有没有闻到什么东西烧焦了？
3. 闻，嗅（气味）
   to put your nose near sth and breathe in so that you can discover or identify its smell
   1. Smell this and tell me what you think it is.
      你闻一下这个，然后告诉我是什么。
   2. I bent down to smell the flowers.
      我弯下腰闻花香。
4. 有难闻的气味；散发着臭气
   to have an unpleasant smell
   1. The drains smell.
      下水道散发着臭气。
   2. It smells in here.
      这儿有一股难闻的气味。
   3. He hadn't washed for days and was beginning to smell.
      他好久没洗澡了，身上都有味儿了。
5. 觉察出；感觉到
   to feel that sth exists or is going to happen
   1. He smelt danger.
      他意识到了危险。
   2. I can smell trouble.
      我感觉会有麻烦。

noun

1. 气味
   the quality of sth that people and animals sense through their noses
   1. a faint/strong smell of garlic
      淡淡的 / 浓重的蒜味
   2. a sweet/fresh/musty smell
      香甜的 / 新鲜的 / 发霉的气味
   3. There was a smell of burning in the air.
      空气中有一股烧东西的焦煳味。
   4. The smells from the kitchen filled the room.
      满屋子都是从厨房飘来的气味。
2. 难闻的气味；臭味
   an unpleasant smell
   1. What's that smell?
      这是一股什么臭味？
   2. Yuk! What a smell!
      哎哟！多难闻的气味！
3. 嗅觉
   the ability to sense things with the nose
   1. Dogs have a very good sense of smell .
      狗的嗅觉非常灵敏。
   2. Taste and smell are closely connected.
      味觉和嗅觉有密切的联系。
4. 嗅；闻
   the act of smelling sth
   1. He took one smell of the liquid and his eyes began to water.
      他闻了一下那种液体，就流起泪来了。

American English usually uses the form smelled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either smelled or smelt. 美国英语 smell 的过去式和过去分词通常为 smelled，英国英语使用 smelled 或 smelt。


1. N-COUNT 气味
   The smell of something is a quality it has which you become aware of when you breathe in through your nose.
   1. ...the smell of freshly baked bread.
      新鲜出炉的面包的香味
   2. ...horrible smells...
      难闻的气味
   3. What is your favourite smell?
      你喜欢哪种气味呢？
2. N-UNCOUNT 嗅觉
   Your sense of smell is the ability that your nose has to detect things.
   1. ...people who lose their sense of smell.
      丧失了嗅觉的人
3. V-LINK 散发出…气味;有…气味
   If something smells in a particular way, it has a quality which you become aware of through your nose.
   1. The room smelled of lemons...
      房间里有股柠檬的味道。
   2. It smells delicious.
      闻起来很香。
   3. ...a crumbly black substance that smells like fresh soil.
      散发着新鲜泥土气息的黑色易碎物质
4. VERB 散发异味;气味难闻
   If you say that something smells, you mean that it smells unpleasant.
   1. Ma threw that out. She said it smelled...
      妈把那玩意扔出去了，她说它有股怪味。
   2. Do my feet smell?
      我的脚臭吗？
5. VERB 嗅到;闻到
   If you smell something, you become aware of it when you breathe in through your nose.
   1. As soon as we opened the front door we could smell the gas.
      我们一打开前门，就闻到了煤气的味道。
6. VERB (用鼻子凑过去)嗅，闻
   If you smell something, you put your nose near it and breathe in, so that you can discover its smell.
   1. I took a fresh rose out of the vase on our table, and smelled it.
      我从饭桌上的花瓶里抽了一只新鲜的玫瑰，闻了闻。
7. VERB (本能地)预感到，觉察到，嗅出
   If you smell something, you feel that it is likely to happen or be true.
   1. He knew virtually nothing about music but he could smell a hit.
      他对音乐几乎一窍不通，却预感到它将会大受欢迎。
8. to smell a rat → see: rat

1. If the sprouts smell, or taste, mouldy or acidic do not eat them.
   如果甘蓝闻着或吃着有霉味或酸味，请勿食用。
2. I could smell the whisky on his breath
   我能闻到他呼出的威士忌的味道。
3. Smell is a very basic sense but humans have lost much of the facility to use it properly.
   嗅觉是一种非常基本的官能，但人类已经丧失了恰当使用这种官能的大部分能力。
4. He could smell the bacon grease.
   他闻到一股腌肉的油脂味儿。
5. Khandoo guided me through the dark alleys until the smell told me we had arrived.
   康多带着我在漆黑的小巷中穿行，直到闻到那种味道，我知道我们到了。
6. I could smell the honeyed ripeness of melons and peaches.
   我能闻到瓜桃熟透了的香甜味道。
7. Are you insinuating that I smell?
   你是在旁敲侧击地说我身上有臭味吗？
8. He could smell muck and clean fresh hay.
   他能闻到粪臭和清新的干草味。
9. The smell of roast beef permeated the air
   空气中弥漫着烤牛肉的香味。
10. The smell of sawdust and glue pervaded the factory
    工厂里弥漫着锯屑和胶水的气味。
11. If I don't send a picture, he will smell a rat
    如果我不寄出照片，他将有所察觉。
12. The smell made me retch.
    这种味道让我恶心。
13. She can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste
    她有视觉、听觉、触觉、嗅觉和味觉。
14. I have my cornflakes and smell the fresh air and the grass and it sets me up for the day
    我吃了些脆玉米片，呼吸着充满青草气息的新鲜空气，这让我一天都充满活力。
15. The room smelled of lemons
    房间里有股柠檬的味道。
16. It smells delicious.
    闻起来很香。
17. Ma threw that out. She said it smelled
    妈把那玩意扔出去了，她说它有股怪味。
18. Do my feet smell?
    我的脚臭吗？
19. As soon as we opened the front door we could smell the gas.
    我们一打开前门，就闻到了煤气的味道。
20. I took a fresh rose out of the vase on our table, and smelled it.
    我从饭桌上的花瓶里抽了一只新鲜的玫瑰，闻了闻。
21. He knew virtually nothing about music but he could smell a hit.
    他对音乐几乎一窍不通，却预感到它将会大受欢迎。
22. He described the smell as something between a circus and a seaport
    他形容那种气味介于马戏团和海港的味道之间。
23. She'd baked some bread which made the air smell sweet.
    她刚烤制了一些面包，空气里都弥漫着一股香味。
24. There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.
    有潮湿的木料和机油的气味。
25. Taste and smell are closely connected.
    味觉和嗅觉是密切相关的。
26. I could smell the spring in the air.
    我闻到春天的气息。
27. A sweet smell assailed the nostrils.
    香气扑鼻。
28. This statement has a strong smell of gunpowder.
    这是一篇充满火药味的声明。
29. There is smell of cooking;
    有一种烹调气味。
30. The meat had been left out for days and had started to smell.
    这肉放在外边已有好几天了，都开始有臭味了。

  smell fragrance odour scent stink【导航词义：气味】

  smell n. 气味

〔辨析〕普通用词，指任何通过嗅觉器官感受到的气味，可以是好闻的或难闻的。

  fragrance n. 芳香，香味

〔辨析〕指怡人的气味，尤指鲜花等散发出的香气。

  odour n. 〈正式〉气味

〔辨析〕指易于辨别的强烈气味，多指难闻的臭味，常用于科技文章中。

  scent n. 气味，香味

〔辨析〕指某物的香味，或人、动物身上散发出的气味。

  stink n. 恶臭

〔辨析〕指十分难闻的气味。

smell sb/sth↔out

1. 觉察到，意识到（坏事、危险、麻烦等）
   to be aware of fear, danger, trouble, etc. in a situation
   1. The room smelt damp.
      屋子里有潮气。
   2. Dinner smells good.
      饭菜闻起来很香。
   3. a bunch of sweet-smelling flowers
      一束散发着馨香的花
   4. His breath smelt of garlic.
      他嘴里有蒜味。
   5. What does the perfume smell like?
      这种香水闻起来什么味道？
2. 嗅出；闻出
   to find sth by smelling
   1. He said he could smell gas when he entered the room.
      他一进屋就说闻到了煤气味。
   2. The dog had smelt a rabbit.
      狗嗅到了兔子的气味。
   3. I could smell alcohol on his breath.
      我闻得到他呼吸中有酒气。
   4. Can you smell something burning?
      你有没有闻到什么东西烧焦了？

v.

come up/out of sth smelling of roses

• 虽卷入…而好名声依旧；事后于名誉无损
  to still have a good reputation, even though you have been involved in sth that might have given people a bad opinion of you

smell a rat

• 怀疑事情不妙；感觉情况不对
  to suspect that sth is wrong about a situation

a rose by any other name would smell as sweet

• 玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故；名称并不是重要的东西
  what is important is what people or things are, not what they are called

wake up and smell the coffee

• 要清醒面对现实
  used to tell sb to become aware of what is really happening in a situation, especially when this is sth unpleasant

n.

the sweet smell of success

• 成功的喜悦；成功的美妙滋味
  the pleasant feeling of being successful

noun

1. the act of perceiving the odor of something

   Synonym:    smelling

2. any property detected by the olfactory system

   Synonym:    olfactory propertyaromaodorodourscent

3. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

   Synonym:    sense of smellolfactionolfactory modality

4. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
   1. she loved the smell of roses

   Synonym:    odorodourolfactory sensationolfactory perception

5. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
   1. the feel of the city excited him
   2. a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
   3. it had the smell of treason

   Synonym:    spirittonefeelfeelingflavorflavourlook

verb

1. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
   1. I sense his hostility
   2. i smell trouble
   3. smell out corruption

   Synonym:    smell outsense

2. emit an odor
   1. The soup smells good

3. smell bad
   1. He rarely washes, and he smells

4. inhale the odor of

5. have an element suggestive (of something)
   1. his speeches smacked of racism
   2. this passage smells of plagiarism

   Synonym:    smackreek