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