smell

1.[i]有（或发出）…气味to have a particular smell

The room smelt damp.屋子里有潮气。

Dinner smells good.饭菜闻起来很香啊。

a bunch of sweet-smelling flowers一束散发着馨香的花

His breath smelt of garlic.他嘴里有蒜味。

What does the perfume smell like?这种香水闻起来怎么样？

2.[t][nopass]闻到，嗅到（气味）to notice or recognize a particular smell

He said he could smell gas when he entered the room.他一进屋就说闻到了煤气味。

The dog had smelt a rabbit.狗嗅到了兔子的气味。

I could smell alcohol on his breath.我闻到他呼吸气中有酒味。

Can you smell something burning?你有没有闻到什么东西烧焦了？

I could smell that something was burning.我闻得到有什么东西烧焦了。

3.[i]能闻到气味；能嗅到气味to be able to notice and recognize smells

I can't smell because I've got a bad cold.我患了重感冒闻不到气味。

4.[t]~ sth闻，嗅（气味）to put your nose near sth and breathe in so that you can discover or identify its smell

Smell this and tell me what you think it is.你闻一下这个，然后告诉我是什么。

I bent down to smell the flowers.我弯下腰闻花香。

5.[i]有难闻的气味；散发着臭气to have an unpleasant smell

The drains smell.下水道散发着臭气。

It smells in here.这儿有一股难闻的气味。

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。

6.[t][nopass]~ sth觉察出；感觉到to feel that sth exists or is going to happen

He smelt danger.他意识到了危险。

I can smell trouble.我感觉会有麻烦。

1.[c][u]气味the quality of sth that people and animals sense through their noses

a faint/strong smell of garlic淡淡的╱浓重的蒜味

a sweet/fresh/musty smell香甜的╱新鲜的╱发霉的气味

There was a smell of burning in the air.空气中有一股烧东西的焦煳味。

The smells from the kitchen filled the room.满屋子都是从厨房飘来的气味。

2.[sing]难闻的气味；臭味an unpleasant smell

What's that smell?这是一股什么臭味？

Yuk! What a smell!哎哟！多难闻的气味！

3.[u]嗅觉the ability to sense things with the nose

Dogs have a very good sense of smell .狗的嗅觉非常灵敏。

Taste and smell are closely connected.味觉和嗅觉有密切的联系。

4.[c]嗅；闻the act of smelling sth

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。