英语释义

1. to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves get the odor or scent of with the nose

2. to detect or become aware of as if by the sense of smell
I smell trouble

3. to emit the odor of

4. to exercise the sense of smell

5. to have an odor or scent

6. to have a characteristic aura or atmosphere smack
the accounts … seemed to me to smell of truth
— R. S. Bourne also seem, appear
the story didn't smell right

7. to have an offensive odor stink

8. to be of bad or questionable quality
all this from the moral point of view smells
— A. F. Wills

9. to have a suspicion of something wrong

10. to sense an opponent's weakness or vulnerability

11. to enjoy or savor life

12. the property of a thing that affects the olfactory organs odor

13. the process, function, or power of smelling

14. the sense concerned with the perception of odor

15. a very small amount trace
add only a smell of garlic

16. a pervading or characteristic quality aura
the smell of affluence, of power
— Harry Hervey

17. an act or instance of smelling

18. to use your nose to sense smells

19. to be able to use your nose to sense smells

20. to notice something because of its smell

21. the quality of a thing that you can sense with your nose

22. an unpleasant odor

23. the ability to notice or recognize odors the ability to smell things

24. to detect the odor of by means of special cells located in the nose
Stop and smell the flowers.

25. to notice (something) because of its odor
I think I smell gas.

26. to have or give off an odor
My dog smells wet.

27. to sense as if by smelling
I smell trouble.

28. the sense by which a person or animal becomes aware of an odor

29. the sensation gotten through the sense of smell odor, scent

30. the property of a thing that affects the olfactory organs odor

31. the special sense concerned with the perception of odor

英汉例句

• what! washed your mittens? you darling kittens, but i smell a rat close by.

  「什么？手套洗好了？」你们真是小可爱。别出声，有只老鼠在周围。

• he could smell a rat in the way the men were talking.

  他从这些人的讲话方式就能感到事有蹊跷。

• the teacher did not smell a rat until he found jack kept looking towards at the window instead of at his own paper.

  直到老师发现杰克不在看自己的试卷，而老盯着窗口时，他才发现有问题。

• when he demonstrated the use of the medicine it produced some magic effects and i didn't smell a rat so i instantly bought a couple of bags of it.

  当他展示那个药的神奇效果时，我并没有感到有什么可疑，因此就买了几包。

• the scientist started to smell a rat when the visitor, who claimed to be a tourist, began to ask some very specific questions about the research work he was engaged in.

  当那个自称是游客的人开始问一些有关那位科学家所从事的研究工作的具体问题时，他才感到有些蹊跷。

• didn’t you smell a rat when they agreed to sell you the goods at such a price?

  当他们同意把那批货以那样的价格卖给你的时候，你难道没有感到有些可疑么?

• the repeat patterns in the smoke made lots of people smell a rat and it turned out that hajj had even copied some of the buildings.

  硝烟中重复的式样让很多人闻到老鼠的味道，结果证实，hajj甚至复制了其中的一些建筑物。

相似词

nose嗅；用鼻子触

scent闻到；发觉；使充满…的气味；循着遗臭追蹤

sniff嗅；闻；用力吸；发觉

snuff鼻烟；烛花；灯花

whiff发臭；嗅，闻；喷出；吸气或吹气；挥空（击球未中）