smell

英 [smel] 美[sm?l]

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復數:?smells;第三人稱單數:?smells;過去式:?smelled;? smelt;過去分詞:?smelt;現在分詞:?smelling;

smell 聞，嗅，聞到，氣味，臭味

來自中古英語 smellen,聞，嗅，散發氣味，來自 Proto-Germanic*smuljana,燃燒，冒煙，來自 PIE*smel,燃燒，冒煙，詞源同 smolder.引申諸相關詞義。

smell: smell: [12] Smell is something of a mystery word. It is assumed to go back to an Old English *smiellan or *smyllan, but no such verb has been recorded, nor have any related forms in other languages been pin-pointed for certain. One theory links it with English smoulder [14] and the related Dutch smeulen ‘smoulder’, as if the notion of ‘smelling’ arose from the idea of breathing vapour or smoke through the nose.
smell (n.): "odor, aroma, stench," late 12c.; "faculty of perceiving by the nose," c. 1200; see smell (v.). Ousted Old English stenc (see stench) in most senses.
smell (v.): late 12c., "emit or perceive an odor," not found in Old English, perhaps cognate with Middle Dutch smolen, Low German smelen "to smolder" (see smolder). However, OED says "no doubt of Old English origin, but not recorded, and not represented in any of the cognate languages." Related: Smelled or smelt; smelling.

Smelling salts (1840), used to revive the woozy, typically were a scented preparation of carbonate of ammonia. Smell-feast (n.) "one who finds and frequents good tables, one who scents out where free food is to be had" is from 1510s ("very common" c. 1540-1700, OED). Smell-smock "licentious man" was in use c. 1550-c. 1900. To smell a rat "be suspicious" is from 1540s.

1. The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.: 他們進門時一陣香味撲鼻而來。

2. I could smell the honeyed ripeness of melons and peaches.: 我能聞到瓜桃熟透了的香甜味道。

3. The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.: 谷倉里彌漫著新糞酸甜的氣味。

4. However, many customers found the smell of this product distinctly off-putting.: 然而，很多顧客覺得該產品有一股異味，非常難聞。