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1. Oxford Dictionary

   smell

   • IPA[smɛl]

   英式

   • n.
     the faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose；a quality in something that is perceived by the faculty of smell; an odour or scent
   • v.
     perceive or detect the odour or scent of (something)；sniff at (something) in order to perceive or detect its odour or scent

   • verb: smell, 3rd person present: smells, gerund or present participle: smelling, past tense: smelt, past participle: smelt

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose a highly developed sense of smell dogs locate the bait by smell
   • ▪ a quality in something that is perceived by the faculty of smell; an odour or scent lingering kitchen smells a smell of coffee 同義詞 odour, whiff, aroma, fragrance, scent, ... 更多perfume, redolence, tang, savour, bouquet, nose
   • ▪ an unpleasant odour twenty-seven cats lived there—you can imagine the smell! 同義詞 stench, stink, reek, fetidness, effluvium, ... 更多miasma, informalpong, niff, whiff, hum, guff, funk, rarefetor, malodour, mephitis
   • ▪ an act of inhaling in order to ascertain an odour or scent have a smell of this

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. perceive or detect the odour or scent of (something) I think I can smell something burning she became unable to smell or taste 同義詞 get a whiff of, scent, get a sniff of, detect the smell of
   • ▪ sniff at (something) in order to perceive or detect its odour or scent the dogs smell each other 同義詞 sniff, nose
   • ▪ detect or suspect (something) by means of instinct or intuition he can smell trouble long before it gets serious campaigners can smell victory after a long battle
   • 2. emit an odour or scent of a specified kind it smelled like cough medicine the place smelled of damp
   • ▪ have a strong or unpleasant odour if I don't get a bath soon I'll start to smell it smells in here 同義詞 stink, stink to high heaven, reek, have a bad smell, be stinking, ... 更多be malodorous, informalpong, hum
   • ▪ appear in a certain way; be suggestive of something it smells like a hoax to me the whole thing is beginning to smell very fishy 同義詞 give the impression of, smack of, savour of, have the hallmarks of, have all the signs of, ... 更多seem/appear like, have the air of, suggest

   片語

   • smell blood
   • smell a rat
   • smell the roses
   • smell out
   • smell up