scent
- n. 氣味;嗅覺(jué);痕跡;察覺(jué)能力
- vt. 聞到;發(fā)覺(jué);使充滿(mǎn)…的氣味;循著遺臭追蹤
- vi. 發(fā)出…的氣味;有…的跡象;嗅著氣味追趕
- n. (Scent)人名;(英)森特
詞態(tài)變化
助記提示
2、sent- => scent.
中文詞源
來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) sentir,感覺(jué),感官,聞,來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) sentire,感覺(jué),感官,詞源同 sense,sentiment. 插入字母 c 可能是受-sc-影響。引申詞義聞,嗅,氣味,氣息等。
英文詞源
- scent
- scent: [14] Scent comes ultimately from the same source that gave English sensation, sense, sentient, and sentiment – namely, Latin sentīre ‘feel, perceive’. It arrived via Old French sentir, and at first was sent in English (‘Fishes lurking among the stones [the dogs] seek out with their sent’, James Dalrymple, Leslie’s history of Scotland 1596). The modern sc- spelling did not begin to emerge until the 17th century. It is not known what the reason for it was, although it may have been a resolution of a possible confusion with the past form of send.
=> sensation, sense, sentient, sentiment - scent (v.)
- late 14c., sent "to find the scent of," from Old French sentir "to feel, smell, touch, taste; realize, perceive; make love to," from Latin sentire " to feel, perceive, sense, discern, hear, see" (see sense (n.)).
Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. This was a tendency in early Modern English, also in scythe and for a time threatening to make scite and scituate. Figurative use from 1550s. Transitive sense "impregnate with an odor, perfume" is from 1690s. Related: Scented; scenting. - scent (n.)
- late 14c., "scent, smell, what can be smelled" (as a means of pursuit by a hound), from scent (v.). Almost always applied to agreeable odors.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
- 她喜歡房子里打過(guò)蠟的味道。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.
- 選花不僅要觀(guān)其形還要聞其香。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Many kinds of insect find their mates by scent.
- 許多昆蟲(chóng)通過(guò)氣味找到交配對(duì)象。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas.
- 用你最喜歡的香味熏香你的抽屜和衣柜。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. A slight breeze rose, wafting the heavy scent of flowers past her.
- 清風(fēng)吹拂,濃郁的花香向她飄來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句