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scent

B2 noun

scent /sɛnt/ nghĩa là mùi

Các nghĩa

  1. mùi

    A distinctive smell.

    countable · uncountable

    the scent of flowers / of a skunk

    to give off / release / exude a scent

    to breathe in / inhale a scent

  2. mùi hơi

    A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.

    countable · uncountable

    The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.

    He […] twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent; / Trust me, I take him for the better dog.

    But see how the dogs puzzle about there. Come, Mr Frank, the scent’s cold;

  3. khứu giác

    The sense of smell.

    countable · uncountable

    I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.

    His houndes espyde him where he was, and Blacksoote first of all / And Stalker speciall good of sent began aloud to call.

    No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring:

  4. nước hoa

    A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.

    uncountable

    a scent shop

    a scent bazaar

    He was drowned in scent—fairly stunk with it, Captain Marlow.

  5. dấu vết

    Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable

    The minister's off-hand remark put journalists on the scent of a cover-up.

    The tip put the detectives on a false scent / the wrong scent.

    to pick up a scent / get scent of something

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