smell

英 [smel]

美 [smel]

v.  有(或发出)…气味; 闻到，嗅到(气味); 闻，嗅(气味)
n.  气味; 难闻的气味; 臭味; 嗅觉

复数：smells　过去式：smelled　第三人称单数：smells　现在分词：smelling　过去分词：smelt　

中考高考TOEFL考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2651 / COCA.2390

同义词辨析

smellfragranceodourscentstink【导航词义：气味】

短语用例

smell sb/sth↔out

• 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？
• 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？

习惯用语

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

牛津词典

verb

• 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？
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯词典

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。


• N-COUNT 气味
  Thesmellof 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？
• N-UNCOUNT 嗅觉
  Your sense ofsmellis the ability that your nose has to detect things.
  1. ...people who lose their sense of smell.
     丧失了嗅觉的人
• V-LINK 散发出…气味;有…气味
  If somethingsmellsin 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
• VERB 散发异味;气味难闻
  If you say that somethingsmells, 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？
• VERB 嗅到;闻到
  If yousmellsomething, 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。
• VERB (用鼻子凑过去)嗅，闻
  If yousmellsomething, 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。
• VERB (本能地)预感到，觉察到，嗅出
  If yousmellsomething, 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。
• tosmell a rat→ see:rat

英英释义

noun

• the act of perceiving the odor of something
  Synonym:smelling
• any property detected by the olfactory system
  Synonym:olfactory propertyaromaodorodourscent
• the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
  Synonym:sense of smellolfactionolfactory modality
• 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
• 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

• 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
• emit an odor
  1. The soup smells good
• smell bad
  1. He rarely washes, and he smells
• inhale the odor of
• have an element suggestive (of something)
  1. his speeches smacked of racism
  2. this passage smells of plagiarism
  Synonym:smackreek

双语例句

• 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。
• This statement has a strong smell of gunpowder.
  这是一篇充满火药味的声明。
• 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。
• The smell of roast beef permeated the air
  空气中弥漫着烤牛肉的香味。
• 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。
• Do my feet smell?
  我的脚臭吗？
• 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。
• There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.
  有潮湿的木料和机油的气味。
• I could smell the whisky on his breath
  我能闻到他呼出的威士忌的味道。
• 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。