scent

单词辨析:

smell fragrance odour scent stink 【导航词义:气味】
smell n. 气味
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指任何通过嗅觉器官感受到的气味,可以是好闻的或难闻的。

〔例证〕

The rose gave off a sweet smell.

玫瑰发出芬芳的香气。

The smell of the paint will pass off in a few days.

油漆味几天后就会消失。

The smell is offensive.

这气味很呛人。

fragrance n. 芳香,香味
〔辨析〕

指怡人的气味,尤指鲜花等散发出的香气。

〔例证〕

The air is full of the fragrance of roses.

空气中满是玫瑰花的香味。

The lilac gave off a sweet fragrance.

丁香散发出芬芳的香味。

odour (美亦作odor) n. [正式]气味
〔辨析〕

指易于辨别的强烈气味,多指难闻的臭味,常用于科技文章中。

〔例证〕

This liquid has an extremely unpleasant odour.

这种液体有种特别难闻的气味。

This kind of food gave off an unbearable odour.

这种食品散发出叫人难以忍受的气味。

It will tell us specifically what odours are found in your room.

它会明确地告诉我们在你的房间里有什么气味。

scent n. 气味,香味
〔辨析〕

指某物的香味,或人、动物身上散发出的气味。

〔例证〕

The scent of lemons filled the hall.

柠檬香味充满了大厅。

The breeze wafted with scents of the grass.

微风送来阵阵青草香。

The hounds followed their game by scent.

猎犬循着臭迹追踪猎物。

stink n. 恶臭
〔辨析〕

指十分难闻的气味。

〔例证〕

The air is full of the stink of decayed fish.

空气中充满了烂鱼的臭味。

You can smell the stink of the dead body.

你可以闻到死尸的臭味。

The stink nearly blew my head off.

那臭味都快把我熏死了。

相关例句:

I was sitting outside, breathing in the scent of roses and lavender.

当时我正在屋外呼吸玫瑰和薰衣草的芳香。

The morning breeze carried with it the scent of wild flowers.

晨风吹来野花的清香。

The scent of climbing roses wafts through the window

藤本月季的芳香飘进了窗户。

The sweet scent disappeared.

香味儿飞了。

His nostrils dilated with the scent of the air.

他的鼻孔因为空气中的香味而张大了。

When they attached a sweet perfume to an ionic liquid, the scent disappeared.

当他们将芬芳的香水附着在这种离子液体上时,香味消失了。