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scented

/sent/US // sɛnt //UK // (sɛnt) //

有香味的,有香味,芳香的,有香气的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
    • : an odor left in passing, by means of which an animal or person may be traced.
    • : a track or trail as or as if indicated by such an odor: The dogs lost the scent and the prisoner escaped.
    • : perfume.
    • : the sense of smell: a remarkably keen scent.
    • : small pieces of paper dropped by the hares in the game of hare and hounds.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to perceive or recognize by or as if by the sense of smell: to scent trouble.
    • : to fill with an odor; perfume.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to hunt by the sense of smell, as a hound.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The creator simply asked whether other people can smell the disgusting scent of dead ants on the sidewalk.

  • Common scents used for training include rose, lemon, clove and eucalyptus.

  • This tigress is rubbing herself against an ancient Manchurian fir tree, leaving her scent to mark her territory.

  • As many people can personally attest, the experience of scents is inherently variable.

  • The drop in air temperature and humidity also gives those natural seasonal scents a moment to shine, as opposed to in summer, when the stenches like rotting garbage crowd our nostrils.

  • Sage and sausage patty came next, served between cumin scented Buttermilk biscuits and smothered in a black pepper country gravy.

  • She was obsessed with the flower-printed, scented toilet paper.

  • Tessie rose, unrolled her scented handkerchief, and taking a bit of gum from a knot in the hem, placed it in her mouth.

  • Last two words are written in invisible ink but can be easily discerned if Australian law books are held over scented candles.

  • The fashionable gift was scented candles, some costing $150 each.

  • The air was keen and scented, wafting the smell of the wooded islands that hung about us in the darkening air.

  • The most poignant test, however, came when port was reached and the scented land-wind met his nostrils with the—Spring.

  • In the tropics the tobacco field may be scented from afar, as its odors are wafted on the breeze.

  • A scented note unopened on the dressing table can cause more unhappiness to your wife than the loss of his country to a king.

  • I looked up and there was a stag whose nostrils were quivering with excitement as if he scented the music.