1 [C,U] a pleasant smell 香味:
This flower has no scent.这种花没有香味。
2 [C,U] the smell that an animal leaves behind and that some other animals can follow 动物留下的气味;臭迹
3 [U] (especially Brit 尤为英) a liquid with a pleasant smell that you wear on your skin to make it smell nice 香水
[SYN] perfume 同义词为perfume
4 [sing] the feeling that sth is going to happen 迹象;预示:
The scent of victory was in the air.大家预感到将要取得胜利。
scentverbThe dog scented a rabbit and shot off.狗嗅到兔子的气味,便飞奔而去。The press were starting to scent a scandal.➔scentedadj
scent1/sɛnt; sent/n 1 [C] a pleasant smell 香味: +of the scent of roses 玫瑰的芳香2 [C] the smell that an animal or person leaves behind them〔动物或人留下的〕气味: The dogs soon picked up the fox's scent (=were able to follow the smell). 这些狗很快就找到了狐狸的气味。 3 [C,U] especially BrE a liquid with a pleasant smell that you put on your skin [ perfume ] 【尤英】香水see box at见 SMELL2 方框
scent2v [T] 1 if an animal scents another animal or a person, it knows that they are near because it can smell them〔动物〕嗅出…的气味2 written to suddenly think that something is going to happen or exists【书面】觉察出﹐预感到: We scented danger and decided to leave. 我们觉察到有危险﹐便决定离开。
scentscentscentsscentedscentingnoun1(pluralscents) a smell: These flowers have no scent.2(no plural) a liquid with a nice smell, that you put on your bodysame meaningperfume: a bottle of scent▶ scentedadjectivehaving a nice smell: scented candles