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perfume

/noun pur-fyoom, per-fyoom; verb per-fyoom, pur-fyoom/US // noun ˈpɜr fyum, pərˈfyum; verb pərˈfyum, ˈpɜr fyum //

香水,香味,香料,香液

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils.
    • : the scent, odor, or volatile particles emitted by substances that smell agreeable.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    per·fumed, per·fum·ing.

    • : to impart a pleasant fragrance to.
    • : to impregnate with a sweet odor; scent.

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Examples

  • She tells us that her love affair with fragrances began while watching her mother apply perfumes as a child.

  • Trends in the perfumes and PAHs mirror the ups and downs of human activities near Mount Elbrus.

  • That may explain why they made up more than 80 percent of the perfumes in every ice sample, says Vecchiato.

  • To make room, some are selling excess stocks in bulk to distilleries at a deep discount to be turned into—ouch—hand sanitizer and perfume.

  • Although it’s not the same experience as walking into a Chanel store, people still want to buy their perfume and have that delivered to them safely and conveniently.

  • A local perfume maker even produced a special scent for men and women named after the rocket, M75.

  • Perfume bottles and weathered papyrus replicas gather dust in the grubby window displays of the empty shops.

  • Before sending it she rubbed her perfume on it like a magical charm.

  • But the flower I lifted from the table was fresh and fragile and filled the air with perfume.

  • The Prophet says there are three things one must never refuse: a good pillow, good yogurt, and good perfume.

  • Pretty women without religion are like flowers without perfume.

  • The air was heavy with the perfume of frankincense which smouldered in a brass vessel set upon a tray.

  • For she called him 'Tommy'; she was his mother; love, tenderness, and pity emanated from her like a cloud of perfume.

  • He thrust one hand into his gold-coloured skirt, and produced a glass bottle full of some very cheap perfume from Europe.

  • He stumbled into the room, from which a heavy smell of perfume swept out upon the landing.