scent
英 [sent]
美[s?nt]
- n. 氣味；嗅覺；痕跡；察覺能力
- vt. 聞到；發覺；使充滿…的氣味；循著遺臭追蹤
- vi. 發出…的氣味；有…的跡象；嗅著氣味追趕
- n. (Scent)人名；(英)森特
CET6TEM4CET4IELTS考研TOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?scents;第三人稱單數:?scents;過去式:?scented;過去分詞:?scented;現在分詞:?scenting;
助記提示
1、sc <=> s.
2、sent- => scent.
2、sent- => scent.
中文詞源
scent 聞，嗅，氣味，氣息
來自古法語 sentir,感覺，感官，聞，來自拉丁語 sentire,感覺，感官，詞源同 sense,sentiment. 插入字母 c 可能是受-sc-影響。引申詞義聞，嗅，氣味，氣息等。
英文詞源
- scent
- scent: [14] Scent comes ultimately from the same source that gave English sensation, sense, sentient, and sentiment – namely, Latin sentīre ‘feel, perceive’. It arrived via Old French sentir, and at first was sent in English (‘Fishes lurking among the stones [the dogs] seek out with their sent’, James Dalrymple, Leslie’s history of Scotland 1596). The modern sc- spelling did not begin to emerge until the 17th century. It is not known what the reason for it was, although it may have been a resolution of a possible confusion with the past form of send.
=> sensation, sense, sentient, sentiment - scent (v.)
- late 14c., sent "to find the scent of," from Old French sentir "to feel, smell, touch, taste; realize, perceive; make love to," from Latin sentire " to feel, perceive, sense, discern, hear, see" (see sense (n.)).
Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. This was a tendency in early Modern English, also in scythe and for a time threatening to make scite and scituate. Figurative use from 1550s. Transitive sense "impregnate with an odor, perfume" is from 1690s. Related: Scented; scenting. - scent (n.)
- late 14c., "scent, smell, what can be smelled" (as a means of pursuit by a hound), from scent (v.). Almost always applied to agreeable odors.
雙語例句
- 1. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
- 她喜歡房子里打過蠟的味道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.
- 選花不僅要觀其形還要聞其香。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Many kinds of insect find their mates by scent.
- 許多昆蟲通過氣味找到交配對象。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas.
- 用你最喜歡的香味熏香你的抽屜和衣柜。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. A slight breeze rose, wafting the heavy scent of flowers past her.
- 清風吹拂，濃郁的花香向她飄來。
來自柯林斯例句