off the scent
1. 失去线索
The police admitted that they were off the scent.
警方承认他们失去了线索。
on the scent
1. 有线索
We are on the scent of an important discovery.
我们掌握了一条可能导致重要发现的线索。
习惯用语be off the scent1.失去猎物的臭迹, 追错方向; [喻]迷失方向, 失去线索be on a wrong [false]scent1.(猎狗)追错方向; [喻]迷失方向be on the (right) scent1.(猎狗)找到猎物的臭迹; [喻]有头绪, 获得线索blazing [burning, hot] scent1.强烈的臭迹(便于猎狗跟踪)cast about for the scent1.(猎狗)寻找(猎物等)false [wrong]scent1.使猎狗迷失方向的假臭迹; [喻]骗人的线索, 错误的迹象follow up the scent1.(猎狗)闻着臭迹追赶; [喻]追踪get scent of (=take the scent of)1.闻出; 发觉有了头绪have no scent for1.对于...没有敏感hunt by scent1.凭嗅觉追赶lose the scent1.失去猎物的臭迹[踪迹]; 失掉线索put on a false [wrong] scent1.(制造假象)使迷失方向put[throw] sb. off the scent1.(用替身等)使人迷失线索[方向]put [throw] sb. on the scent1.使人跟踪追赶put on the scent1.(猎物的臭迹)使猎狗跟踪追赶; [转]给人以线索, 使人跟踪追捕recover the scent1.(猎狗)重新找到线索scentout1.闻到, 嗅出, 觉察到