Definition of scent in English:

scent

noun sɛntsɛnt

1A distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant.
气味；香味
the scent of freshly cut hay
新切的干草香味。
Example sentencesExamples
- In a small nonstick skillet, toast the cumin at medium heat until it releases its scent, about 20 seconds.
- Rex woke up to the strong aroma of coffee and smelled the sweet scent of fried bacon and eggs.
- As a fragrance evaporates, you smell scents in three stages, starting with the top notes and ending with the bottom notes.
- Life at the ranch house starts early with the insistent chatter of birds and the scent of freshly ground Kenyan coffee.
- His Tiny Tots dahlias are unique in that they give off a pleasant scent, something dahlias just don't do.
- People enjoyed them because of the scents and distinctive flavors.
- It's dotted with linden trees that must have provided a pleasant scent when in bloom a few weeks ago.
- Orange or lemon rinds provide a pleasant scent to the kitchen.
- I like jasmine tea's refreshing scent a lot, which I adore in the form of gelatin dessert, too.
- Analysis of its volatile components has identified the same molecules that give many familiar objects their distinctive scents.
- He can smell the spicy scent of her damp, freshly shampooed hair.
- The green salad bordered on a non-event thanks to the iceberg lettuce, but the orange-tinged dressing had a nice sesame scent to it.
- Wherever you go in this island city, the French influence is as strong as the scent of freshly baked baguettes.
- This is heavily perfumed with fruit that bursts out of the glass, filling the room with scents of freshly cut apple, pear and peach.
- On a fine day the colours and scent from the lavender and herb beds that extend over 12 acres would make for a pleasant stroll.
- The rustle of grain was gone, replaced by the earthy scent of a freshly harvested field.
- In return for a donation, visitors had the chance to enjoy the colourful sights and fragrant scents of lovingly tended boarders, and pick up a few tips on garden design.
- I could smell him, the distinct scent of him that was a mix of cologne and hair wax and his soap.
- I could smell the distinct scent of strawberry shampoo on her hair.
- It's a land of fishermen and farmers where you can smell fresh cut hay and the scent of the sea in a single step.
Synonyms
smell, fragrance, aroma, perfume, redolence, savour, odour, whiff
bouquet, nose
1. 1.1mass noun Pleasant-smelling liquid worn on the skin; perfume.
  香水
  she sprayed scent over her body
  她往身上喷香水。
  Example sentencesExamples
  How long before politicians come out with their own clothes line and perfume scent?
  Charlize will appear in adverts starting next month - just when another Academy Awards queen is set to launch her own ads for a rival French scent.
  The new men's scent from Comme des Garçons is God's gift to perfume.
  Work has begun with a leading confectionery company on an equally intriguing chocolate perfume scent, but the project is still at an early stage.
  The smell of cheap scent and rancid after-shave was all pervading.
  Inside was a simple, dark blue, package containing a bottle of scent personally made for me by perfumers in London.
  It's important to know that every scent or cologne smells different on every person.
  Alternatively, just spray your favourite scent around the room (but be sparing).
  L' Eau D' Issey is the ultimate feminine scent, blending floral fragrances with fresh water.
  I sprayed my favourite scent on my neck, checked my face in the mirror and brushed out my hair, then picked up my bag.
  A second scent is already in development, and a cologne for men is planned to follow.
  Victoria Beckham's favourite designer, Romeo Gigli, also launches his latest concoction, a spicy floral scent, this summer.
  At the Caron store in Paris, phials of its scent are decanted from impressive fragrance fountains.
  For the final touch, I sprayed my signature scent, Moonlight Path, around the room, and walked through it.
  She sprayed her neck a bit of citric scent and took a peppermint tablet.
  I wish Mark would wear the scent I bought him for Christmas, Gina thought.
  Synonyms
  perfume, fragrance, toilet water, lavender water, cologne
  French parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne
  informal scoosh
2A trail indicated by the characteristic smell of an animal and perceptible to hounds or other animals.
（动物的）遗臭，臭迹
the hound followed the scent
猎狗跟踪臭迹。
Example sentencesExamples
- Quickly the pack of hounds caught a scent, and hurried to the chase, baying so loudly that the rocks and cliffs rang.
- Then the pack of hounds chases the scent while followed by mounted riders.
- Before the runner sets off, he is put in an enclosed space with the hounds that then track his scent.
- It was just 20 minutes into the hunt when the hounds got their first scent.
- One possible tactic could involve shooting a fox before the hunt sets out and dragging its corpse round the countryside for hounds to follow the scent.
- Later this year the NFH intend to experiment with trail hunting, in which a cloth soaked in a fox's urine is dragged across the countryside to give the hounds a scent to follow.
- Hounds follow the scent of a fox which may be quite some distance away.
- If a criminal runs away I can't always see where he has gone, but Otto doesn't look for them, he smells their scent and can track them.
- Later, two other dogs were run across the suspected site and they too indicated a scent.
- As the hounds picked up their scent, the howls became snarls.
- In a drag hunt, a field master leads a team on horseback, guided by foxhounds on the trail of an animal scent.
- In the Amazon, a Waorani hunter detects the scent of animal urine at forty paces and identifies the species that deposited it.
- Every blade of grass and bush had the scents of other animals that had encountered it.
- Both groups took longer to pass through the tunnel when predator scent was present than when it was absent.
- Train your dog to locate objects by following scents on a trail for fun or sport.
- Males, running to mark over puppies' bathrooming spots, are hiding the scent of the puppies from the grizzly.
- One key characteristic of red herrings, apart from their colour, was their strong smell, so much so that one use for them on occasion was to train hounds to follow a scent.
- No arrests were made, but one allegation was made to police that an anti-hunt follower sprayed a hound in the face to put it off the scent.
- Airizelda walked along smelling the air every so often, searching for the scent of moose.
- A fox was caught on Birk Fell, near Tilberthwaite, and a second got away after the pack met a group of walkers and the hounds lost the scent.
Synonyms
spoor, trail, track
Hunting foil, wind
1. 2.1 A trail of evidence or other signs assisting someone in a search or investigation.
  〈喻〉痕迹；线索
  I got word that other reporters had picked up the scent
  Example sentencesExamples
  A lack of bullets initially put investigators off the scent of gunpowder.
  It's possible it has been deliberately left there by the worm's author as a red herring to lead investigators off the scent.
  His point is laudable, but will likely prove ineffective once US news shows pick up the scent.
  Marco, picking up the scent, tries to investigate, following Shaw around the country.
3archaic mass noun The faculty or sense of smell.
〈古〉嗅觉
the dog, having the help of scent as well as of sight
Example sentencesExamples
- If scent is the sense physically located closest to memory in the brain, then surely the synapses that channel sound tickle the trigger of imagination.

verb sɛntsɛnt

[with object]

1usually be scented withImpart a pleasant scent to.
使有香味
a glass of tea scented with a local herb
用本地药草使茶带有香味。
Example sentencesExamples
- An assembly of fresh wild mushrooms was heavily scented with dried ceps, and the cheese had been employed with restraint.
- The water was just the right temperature and it was scented with lavender perfume and honey-suckle.
- They are scented with different essences, and may be shaped as fruits or flowers, or simply made in little drop shapes.
- Look for products scented with essential plant oils, such as lemon, verbena, or lavender.
- She remembered it as a place that was scented with myrrh and strewn with silks.
- The café is smart, and the shops sells every item which can conceivably be lavender scented - from soaps and candles to incense burners and perfumes.
- They brought soap and scented the bathwater with fragrant oils.
- With ingredients such as ginseng and tea these pleasantly scented products do the job very nicely.
- It comes with a rice-and-red-bean salad and as well as a green salad scented with spices.
- She exhaled in a great rush, rippling the water's surface, and reached for the soaps and scented oils her maids had left her.
- Homemade soaps are pleasant and offer therapeutic effects when scented with essential oils.
- Commercial fabric softeners are heavily scented with artificial fragrances that leave irritating residues on fabrics.
- Laurel's hand was scented with a heavenly mixture of jasmine and roses that William would surely never forget.
- An eighteenth-century version of this bun was scented with caraway, a habit that seemed to slip away over the next 100 years or so.
- I sat there on a wooden bench for a mug of special scented tea made from fresh tealeaves.
- Simple and sophisticated, its tight, buttery crumb is scented with kirsch and shot through with soft summer berries.
- These are the tart, cooling flavours you expect further east, yet a Keralan fish stew may be scented with them all.
- The air was fresh, yet warm for the season of the year and scented with leaves, earth and cool water falling down in glimmering cascades.
- The sauce was not too meaty, but loose and liquidy, scented with fresh herbs and wine.
- The sensuous milk bath is scented with fresh rose petals, kaffir lime and stimulating essential oils.
Synonyms
perfumed, fragranced, perfumy
sweet-smelling, fragrant, aromatic
rare aromatized
2Discern by the sense of smell.
闻到，嗅到
a shark can scent blood from well over half a kilometre away
鲨鱼能在半公里之外嗅到血腥味。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was finally lunch period, Mary walks to the line at the Café and later scents a familiar smell.
- The urchin got up a second time with the murderous expression of a dog scenting blood.
- She was about to begin to feed on the owls kill when she scented the smell of a felida, finally noticing a shadowed form at the back of the cave.
- They have ‘newcomer’ written all over them, and the con-artists and pick-pockets gravitate towards them like jackals scenting carrion.
- She was indeed already circling them, like a shark scenting spilled blood.
- Just as I was trying to scent her on the breeze, I heard her call from the top branches of an oak tree.
- ‘Like a shark scenting a drop of blood in a vast expanse of ocean, he sniffed out my vulnerability the first time he laid eyes on me,’ she writes in her new book.
Synonyms
smell, detect the smell of, pick up the smell of, get a whiff of
1. 2.1 Sense the presence, existence, or imminence of.
  〈喻〉觉察；预感
  the Premier scented victory last night
  昨夜总理就预感到了胜利。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As Hitler's imminent demise was scented, Stalin rose to new heights of prestige at home and abroad.
  Chants and songs echoed around the pub as fans scented victory.
  It's Patrician's first season in the U - 16 section and midfield stroller Jason is already scenting a Championship triumph at the first attempt.
  When McNicholas was shown a straight red for a high shot on Cruckshank, Leigh scented victory.
  Scepticism failed to save her from scenting danger in the ardent courtship of a rich young Philadelphian.
  And now Hollywood's literary agents are moving in, scenting huge profits from book and film rights.
  There was no shortage of money, as Penny, scenting change in the air, held yet another fundraiser.
  The guerilleros, scenting the victories to come, were in no mood to be forgiving.
  Although there have been 12 letters of objection to the plan, the two community councils in the area are scenting opportunity.
  Scenting an issue which could have widespread appeal, they have been running a national campaign to make phone company applications go through the full planning process.
  Some of the media drifted closer, scenting information the way sharks smell blood.
  The Hammers, who had scented victory, had to withdraw their substitute striker in favour of a replacement defender in Neil Ruddock.
  The words will barely have settled on the page before someone scents a mistake.
  By the end, wickets fell at an alarming rate and it was West who scented an unlikely victory.
  Synonyms
  sense, become aware of, become conscious of, detect, discern, perceive, recognize, get wind of, sniff out, nose out
2. 2.2 Sniff (the air) for a scent.
  嗅，闻
  the bull advanced, scenting the breeze at every step
  公牛向前走着，每一步都要嗅一嗅微风中的气味。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I trudged on, scenting the air every so often to see if anyone was around me and also keeping track of where the border patrollers were.
  When we were seated he looked around as if scenting the air, and said, ‘This is very sixties.’
  It was Tyrannix, scenting the air and swiveling his head in all directions.
  ‘Just a sec,’ I said, transforming again into my wolf form and scenting the air.
  The other lifted his head as if scenting the air and very briefly closed his eyes.
  Synonyms
  smell, test the smell of, nose at

Phrases

on the scent

In possession of a useful clue in a search or investigation.
（在搜索或调查中）获得线索
he might be on the scent of something
Example sentencesExamples
- They think that this provides an avenue to destroy her, and they are like hounds on the scent.
- He claims to offer a service to shield celebrities from the baying media pack on the scent of scandal.
- For some time now, the unit has been on the scent of something that's been, well, dogging the world of consulting.
- Within the French secret service, there were a few outright untrustworthy, such as one lieutenant whose blather on a cafe terrace put the Germans on the scent of these listening officers.
- But it takes more than that to deter a tabloid hound on the scent of fast-breaking international news.
- They also created a ‘revolving door’ syndrome in the sector, with sought-after staff galloping from one company to the next, on the scent of yet another lucrative pay rise.
- As it was, Glavely's attitude showed he knew I was on the scent of something.
- He is the eco-friendly hound who is on the scent of environmental crime.
- While he still enjoyed his work when he was on the scent, he clearly felt much of the joy and challenge of his cases was gone.

put (or throw) someone off the scent

Mislead someone in the course of a search or investigation.
（在搜索或调查中）获得线索
it was a ploy to put us off the scent
Example sentencesExamples
- This was important to Kate; she had to try and throw Emily off the scent.
- Detectives believe the killer of a Yorkshire teenager sent text messages from her phone to throw them off the scent.
- I'm probably getting paranoid, but are BBC employees trying to throw us off the scent by posting red herrings on these sorts of boards?
- It is his job to throw her off the scent by switching on the charm.
- Either Joss is trying to throw us off the scent… or he is in denial.
- It is a brilliant way to throw us off the scent, which just reminds us all how vigilant we must be to stopping these evil minds.
- That other stuff was just to throw you off the scent while I nicked your MP3 player.
- Their understated stance sometimes throws you off the scent.
- We ‘threw her off the scent’ by planting a series of stories that had nothing to do with our strongest messages, but kept her guessing.
- The tale told to Mr Shafi that it was in the post was a deliberate ruse designed to throw him off the scent of that return.

Derivatives

scentless

adjective ˈsɛntləsˈsɛntləs

Four weeks later, subjects with the scentless patch had lost an average of only 2.4 pounds, while those sniffing vanilla lost an average of four pounds.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some oreganos are mild, almost scentless, and not great for cooking, while others are pungent and flavorful.
- In spring you see clematis montana rubens everywhere, sugary pink, scentless and often clashing with equally ubiquitous but bright chrome yellow Forsythia.
- When meditating, it seems best for most people to be in a dark room lit by scentless candles while listening to wordless soundscape music.
- This deodorant won't leave any white residue and is one of the few that are actually completely scentless.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting the sense of smell): from Old French sentir 'perceive, smell', from Latin sentire. The addition of -c- (in the 17th century) is unexplained.

Before it was perfume, scent was a hunting term for a hound's sense of smell. From there it became an odour picked up by a hound, and then in the 15th century a pleasant smell. The word came into medieval English through Old French from Latin sentire ‘to feel or perceive’, from which sensation (early 17th century), sense (Late Middle English), sensible (Late Middle English), sensitive (Late Middle English), sensory (mid 18th century), sentence (Middle English) originally a way of perceiving, and numerous other words without a -c- derive. People started spelling scent with a -c- in the 17th century, but no one knows exactly why.

Rhymes

absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went

Definition of scent in US English:

scent

nounsentsɛnt

1A distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant.
气味；香味
the scent of freshly cut hay
新切的干草香味。
Example sentencesExamples
- Life at the ranch house starts early with the insistent chatter of birds and the scent of freshly ground Kenyan coffee.
- The green salad bordered on a non-event thanks to the iceberg lettuce, but the orange-tinged dressing had a nice sesame scent to it.
- People enjoyed them because of the scents and distinctive flavors.
- I could smell the distinct scent of strawberry shampoo on her hair.
- Wherever you go in this island city, the French influence is as strong as the scent of freshly baked baguettes.
- In return for a donation, visitors had the chance to enjoy the colourful sights and fragrant scents of lovingly tended boarders, and pick up a few tips on garden design.
- In a small nonstick skillet, toast the cumin at medium heat until it releases its scent, about 20 seconds.
- I like jasmine tea's refreshing scent a lot, which I adore in the form of gelatin dessert, too.
- The rustle of grain was gone, replaced by the earthy scent of a freshly harvested field.
- As a fragrance evaporates, you smell scents in three stages, starting with the top notes and ending with the bottom notes.
- Rex woke up to the strong aroma of coffee and smelled the sweet scent of fried bacon and eggs.
- Analysis of its volatile components has identified the same molecules that give many familiar objects their distinctive scents.
- It's dotted with linden trees that must have provided a pleasant scent when in bloom a few weeks ago.
- It's a land of fishermen and farmers where you can smell fresh cut hay and the scent of the sea in a single step.
- He can smell the spicy scent of her damp, freshly shampooed hair.
- On a fine day the colours and scent from the lavender and herb beds that extend over 12 acres would make for a pleasant stroll.
- This is heavily perfumed with fruit that bursts out of the glass, filling the room with scents of freshly cut apple, pear and peach.
- Orange or lemon rinds provide a pleasant scent to the kitchen.
- His Tiny Tots dahlias are unique in that they give off a pleasant scent, something dahlias just don't do.
- I could smell him, the distinct scent of him that was a mix of cologne and hair wax and his soap.
Synonyms
smell, fragrance, aroma, perfume, redolence, savour, odour, whiff
1. 1.1 Pleasant-smelling liquid worn on the skin; perfume.
  香水
  she sprayed scent over her body
  她往身上喷香水。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Victoria Beckham's favourite designer, Romeo Gigli, also launches his latest concoction, a spicy floral scent, this summer.
  The new men's scent from Comme des Garçons is God's gift to perfume.
  L' Eau D' Issey is the ultimate feminine scent, blending floral fragrances with fresh water.
  How long before politicians come out with their own clothes line and perfume scent?
  Work has begun with a leading confectionery company on an equally intriguing chocolate perfume scent, but the project is still at an early stage.
  It's important to know that every scent or cologne smells different on every person.
  Charlize will appear in adverts starting next month - just when another Academy Awards queen is set to launch her own ads for a rival French scent.
  At the Caron store in Paris, phials of its scent are decanted from impressive fragrance fountains.
  Inside was a simple, dark blue, package containing a bottle of scent personally made for me by perfumers in London.
  I sprayed my favourite scent on my neck, checked my face in the mirror and brushed out my hair, then picked up my bag.
  Alternatively, just spray your favourite scent around the room (but be sparing).
  A second scent is already in development, and a cologne for men is planned to follow.
  The smell of cheap scent and rancid after-shave was all pervading.
  For the final touch, I sprayed my signature scent, Moonlight Path, around the room, and walked through it.
  I wish Mark would wear the scent I bought him for Christmas, Gina thought.
  She sprayed her neck a bit of citric scent and took a peppermint tablet.
  Synonyms
  perfume, fragrance, toilet water, lavender water, cologne
2A trail indicated by the characteristic smell of an animal and perceptible to hounds or other animals.
（动物的）遗臭，臭迹
the hound followed the scent
猎狗跟踪臭迹。
Example sentencesExamples
- One possible tactic could involve shooting a fox before the hunt sets out and dragging its corpse round the countryside for hounds to follow the scent.
- No arrests were made, but one allegation was made to police that an anti-hunt follower sprayed a hound in the face to put it off the scent.
- In a drag hunt, a field master leads a team on horseback, guided by foxhounds on the trail of an animal scent.
- A fox was caught on Birk Fell, near Tilberthwaite, and a second got away after the pack met a group of walkers and the hounds lost the scent.
- Airizelda walked along smelling the air every so often, searching for the scent of moose.
- Later, two other dogs were run across the suspected site and they too indicated a scent.
- Train your dog to locate objects by following scents on a trail for fun or sport.
- It was just 20 minutes into the hunt when the hounds got their first scent.
- If a criminal runs away I can't always see where he has gone, but Otto doesn't look for them, he smells their scent and can track them.
- Both groups took longer to pass through the tunnel when predator scent was present than when it was absent.
- Later this year the NFH intend to experiment with trail hunting, in which a cloth soaked in a fox's urine is dragged across the countryside to give the hounds a scent to follow.
- Then the pack of hounds chases the scent while followed by mounted riders.
- Quickly the pack of hounds caught a scent, and hurried to the chase, baying so loudly that the rocks and cliffs rang.
- As the hounds picked up their scent, the howls became snarls.
- Males, running to mark over puppies' bathrooming spots, are hiding the scent of the puppies from the grizzly.
- One key characteristic of red herrings, apart from their colour, was their strong smell, so much so that one use for them on occasion was to train hounds to follow a scent.
- In the Amazon, a Waorani hunter detects the scent of animal urine at forty paces and identifies the species that deposited it.
- Hounds follow the scent of a fox which may be quite some distance away.
- Before the runner sets off, he is put in an enclosed space with the hounds that then track his scent.
- Every blade of grass and bush had the scents of other animals that had encountered it.
Synonyms
spoor, trail, track
1. 2.1 A trail of evidence or other signs assisting someone in a search or investigation.
  〈喻〉痕迹；线索
  I got word that other reporters had picked up the scent
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's possible it has been deliberately left there by the worm's author as a red herring to lead investigators off the scent.
  Marco, picking up the scent, tries to investigate, following Shaw around the country.
  A lack of bullets initially put investigators off the scent of gunpowder.
  His point is laudable, but will likely prove ineffective once US news shows pick up the scent.
3archaic The faculty or sense of smell.
〈古〉嗅觉
Example sentencesExamples
- If scent is the sense physically located closest to memory in the brain, then surely the synapses that channel sound tickle the trigger of imagination.

verbsentsɛnt

[with object]

1usually be scented withImpart a pleasant scent to.
使有香味
a glass of tea scented with lemon balm
用本地药草使茶带有香味。
Example sentencesExamples
- Simple and sophisticated, its tight, buttery crumb is scented with kirsch and shot through with soft summer berries.
- The café is smart, and the shops sells every item which can conceivably be lavender scented - from soaps and candles to incense burners and perfumes.
- She exhaled in a great rush, rippling the water's surface, and reached for the soaps and scented oils her maids had left her.
- Look for products scented with essential plant oils, such as lemon, verbena, or lavender.
- The water was just the right temperature and it was scented with lavender perfume and honey-suckle.
- She remembered it as a place that was scented with myrrh and strewn with silks.
- Homemade soaps are pleasant and offer therapeutic effects when scented with essential oils.
- These are the tart, cooling flavours you expect further east, yet a Keralan fish stew may be scented with them all.
- The air was fresh, yet warm for the season of the year and scented with leaves, earth and cool water falling down in glimmering cascades.
- The sauce was not too meaty, but loose and liquidy, scented with fresh herbs and wine.
- They are scented with different essences, and may be shaped as fruits or flowers, or simply made in little drop shapes.
- An eighteenth-century version of this bun was scented with caraway, a habit that seemed to slip away over the next 100 years or so.
- Laurel's hand was scented with a heavenly mixture of jasmine and roses that William would surely never forget.
- An assembly of fresh wild mushrooms was heavily scented with dried ceps, and the cheese had been employed with restraint.
- Commercial fabric softeners are heavily scented with artificial fragrances that leave irritating residues on fabrics.
- It comes with a rice-and-red-bean salad and as well as a green salad scented with spices.
- They brought soap and scented the bathwater with fragrant oils.
- With ingredients such as ginseng and tea these pleasantly scented products do the job very nicely.
- I sat there on a wooden bench for a mug of special scented tea made from fresh tealeaves.
- The sensuous milk bath is scented with fresh rose petals, kaffir lime and stimulating essential oils.
Synonyms
perfumed, fragranced, perfumy
2Discern by the sense of smell.
闻到，嗅到
a shark can scent blood from well over half a mile away
鲨鱼能在半公里之外嗅到血腥味。
Example sentencesExamples
- The urchin got up a second time with the murderous expression of a dog scenting blood.
- They have ‘newcomer’ written all over them, and the con-artists and pick-pockets gravitate towards them like jackals scenting carrion.
- She was indeed already circling them, like a shark scenting spilled blood.
- It was finally lunch period, Mary walks to the line at the Café and later scents a familiar smell.
- ‘Like a shark scenting a drop of blood in a vast expanse of ocean, he sniffed out my vulnerability the first time he laid eyes on me,’ she writes in her new book.
- Just as I was trying to scent her on the breeze, I heard her call from the top branches of an oak tree.
- She was about to begin to feed on the owls kill when she scented the smell of a felida, finally noticing a shadowed form at the back of the cave.
Synonyms
smell, detect the smell of, pick up the smell of, get a whiff of
1. 2.1 Sense the presence, existence, or imminence of.
  〈喻〉觉察；预感
  a commander who scented victory
  Example sentencesExamples
  As Hitler's imminent demise was scented, Stalin rose to new heights of prestige at home and abroad.
  Chants and songs echoed around the pub as fans scented victory.
  The words will barely have settled on the page before someone scents a mistake.
  Although there have been 12 letters of objection to the plan, the two community councils in the area are scenting opportunity.
  By the end, wickets fell at an alarming rate and it was West who scented an unlikely victory.
  When McNicholas was shown a straight red for a high shot on Cruckshank, Leigh scented victory.
  Some of the media drifted closer, scenting information the way sharks smell blood.
  There was no shortage of money, as Penny, scenting change in the air, held yet another fundraiser.
  It's Patrician's first season in the U - 16 section and midfield stroller Jason is already scenting a Championship triumph at the first attempt.
  Scepticism failed to save her from scenting danger in the ardent courtship of a rich young Philadelphian.
  The Hammers, who had scented victory, had to withdraw their substitute striker in favour of a replacement defender in Neil Ruddock.
  The guerilleros, scenting the victories to come, were in no mood to be forgiving.
  Scenting an issue which could have widespread appeal, they have been running a national campaign to make phone company applications go through the full planning process.
  And now Hollywood's literary agents are moving in, scenting huge profits from book and film rights.
  Synonyms
  sense, become aware of, become conscious of, detect, discern, perceive, recognize, get wind of, sniff out, nose out
2. 2.2 Sniff (the air) for a scent.
  嗅，闻
  the bull advanced, scenting the breeze at every step
  公牛向前走着，每一步都要嗅一嗅微风中的气味。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The other lifted his head as if scenting the air and very briefly closed his eyes.
  I trudged on, scenting the air every so often to see if anyone was around me and also keeping track of where the border patrollers were.
  When we were seated he looked around as if scenting the air, and said, ‘This is very sixties.’
  ‘Just a sec,’ I said, transforming again into my wolf form and scenting the air.
  It was Tyrannix, scenting the air and swiveling his head in all directions.
  Synonyms
  smell, test the smell of, nose at

Phrases

on the scent

In possession of a useful clue in a search or investigation; following a trail that will likely lead to the discovery or acquisition of something.
Example sentencesExamples
- For some time now, the unit has been on the scent of something that's been, well, dogging the world of consulting.
- While he still enjoyed his work when he was on the scent, he clearly felt much of the joy and challenge of his cases was gone.
- He claims to offer a service to shield celebrities from the baying media pack on the scent of scandal.
- But it takes more than that to deter a tabloid hound on the scent of fast-breaking international news.
- They think that this provides an avenue to destroy her, and they are like hounds on the scent.
- As it was, Glavely's attitude showed he knew I was on the scent of something.
- They also created a ‘revolving door’ syndrome in the sector, with sought-after staff galloping from one company to the next, on the scent of yet another lucrative pay rise.
- He is the eco-friendly hound who is on the scent of environmental crime.
- Within the French secret service, there were a few outright untrustworthy, such as one lieutenant whose blather on a cafe terrace put the Germans on the scent of these listening officers.

put (or throw) someone off the scent

Mislead someone in the course of a search or investigation.
（在搜索或调查中）获得线索
Example sentencesExamples
- The tale told to Mr Shafi that it was in the post was a deliberate ruse designed to throw him off the scent of that return.
- It is his job to throw her off the scent by switching on the charm.
- That other stuff was just to throw you off the scent while I nicked your MP3 player.
- Either Joss is trying to throw us off the scent… or he is in denial.
- Detectives believe the killer of a Yorkshire teenager sent text messages from her phone to throw them off the scent.
- We ‘threw her off the scent’ by planting a series of stories that had nothing to do with our strongest messages, but kept her guessing.
- This was important to Kate; she had to try and throw Emily off the scent.
- I'm probably getting paranoid, but are BBC employees trying to throw us off the scent by posting red herrings on these sorts of boards?
- Their understated stance sometimes throws you off the scent.
- It is a brilliant way to throw us off the scent, which just reminds us all how vigilant we must be to stopping these evil minds.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting the sense of smell): from Old French sentir ‘perceive, smell’, from Latin sentire. The addition of -c- (in the 17th century) is unexplained.

词汇	scent
释义	Definition of scent in English: scent noun sɛntsɛnt 1A distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant. 气味；香味 the scent of freshly cut hay 新切的干草香味。 Example sentencesExamples In a small nonstick skillet, toast the cumin at medium heat until it releases its scent, about 20 seconds. Rex woke up to the strong aroma of coffee and smelled the sweet scent of fried bacon and eggs. As a fragrance evaporates, you smell scents in three stages, starting with the top notes and ending with the bottom notes. Life at the ranch house starts early with the insistent chatter of birds and the scent of freshly ground Kenyan coffee. His Tiny Tots dahlias are unique in that they give off a pleasant scent, something dahlias just don't do. People enjoyed them because of the scents and distinctive flavors. It's dotted with linden trees that must have provided a pleasant scent when in bloom a few weeks ago. Orange or lemon rinds provide a pleasant scent to the kitchen. I like jasmine tea's refreshing scent a lot, which I adore in the form of gelatin dessert, too. Analysis of its volatile components has identified the same molecules that give many familiar objects their distinctive scents. He can smell the spicy scent of her damp, freshly shampooed hair. The green salad bordered on a non-event thanks to the iceberg lettuce, but the orange-tinged dressing had a nice sesame scent to it. Wherever you go in this island city, the French influence is as strong as the scent of freshly baked baguettes. This is heavily perfumed with fruit that bursts out of the glass, filling the room with scents of freshly cut apple, pear and peach. On a fine day the colours and scent from the lavender and herb beds that extend over 12 acres would make for a pleasant stroll. The rustle of grain was gone, replaced by the earthy scent of a freshly harvested field. In return for a donation, visitors had the chance to enjoy the colourful sights and fragrant scents of lovingly tended boarders, and pick up a few tips on garden design. I could smell him, the distinct scent of him that was a mix of cologne and hair wax and his soap. I could smell the distinct scent of strawberry shampoo on her hair. It's a land of fishermen and farmers where you can smell fresh cut hay and the scent of the sea in a single step. Synonyms smell, fragrance, aroma, perfume, redolence, savour, odour, whiff bouquet, nose 1.1mass noun Pleasant-smelling liquid worn on the skin; perfume. 香水 she sprayed scent over her body 她往身上喷香水。 Example sentencesExamples How long before politicians come out with their own clothes line and perfume scent? Charlize will appear in adverts starting next month - just when another Academy Awards queen is set to launch her own ads for a rival French scent. The new men's scent from Comme des Garçons is God's gift to perfume. Work has begun with a leading confectionery company on an equally intriguing chocolate perfume scent, but the project is still at an early stage. The smell of cheap scent and rancid after-shave was all pervading. Inside was a simple, dark blue, package containing a bottle of scent personally made for me by perfumers in London. It's important to know that every scent or cologne smells different on every person. Alternatively, just spray your favourite scent around the room (but be sparing). L' Eau D' Issey is the ultimate feminine scent, blending floral fragrances with fresh water. I sprayed my favourite scent on my neck, checked my face in the mirror and brushed out my hair, then picked up my bag. A second scent is already in development, and a cologne for men is planned to follow. Victoria Beckham's favourite designer, Romeo Gigli, also launches his latest concoction, a spicy floral scent, this summer. At the Caron store in Paris, phials of its scent are decanted from impressive fragrance fountains. For the final touch, I sprayed my signature scent, Moonlight Path, around the room, and walked through it. She sprayed her neck a bit of citric scent and took a peppermint tablet. I wish Mark would wear the scent I bought him for Christmas, Gina thought. Synonyms perfume, fragrance, toilet water, lavender water, cologne French parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne informal scoosh 2A trail indicated by the characteristic smell of an animal and perceptible to hounds or other animals. （动物的）遗臭，臭迹 the hound followed the scent 猎狗跟踪臭迹。 Example sentencesExamples Quickly the pack of hounds caught a scent, and hurried to the chase, baying so loudly that the rocks and cliffs rang. Then the pack of hounds chases the scent while followed by mounted riders. Before the runner sets off, he is put in an enclosed space with the hounds that then track his scent. It was just 20 minutes into the hunt when the hounds got their first scent. One possible tactic could involve shooting a fox before the hunt sets out and dragging its corpse round the countryside for hounds to follow the scent. Later this year the NFH intend to experiment with trail hunting, in which a cloth soaked in a fox's urine is dragged across the countryside to give the hounds a scent to follow. Hounds follow the scent of a fox which may be quite some distance away. If a criminal runs away I can't always see where he has gone, but Otto doesn't look for them, he smells their scent and can track them. Later, two other dogs were run across the suspected site and they too indicated a scent. As the hounds picked up their scent, the howls became snarls. In a drag hunt, a field master leads a team on horseback, guided by foxhounds on the trail of an animal scent. In the Amazon, a Waorani hunter detects the scent of animal urine at forty paces and identifies the species that deposited it. Every blade of grass and bush had the scents of other animals that had encountered it. Both groups took longer to pass through the tunnel when predator scent was present than when it was absent. Train your dog to locate objects by following scents on a trail for fun or sport. Males, running to mark over puppies' bathrooming spots, are hiding the scent of the puppies from the grizzly. One key characteristic of red herrings, apart from their colour, was their strong smell, so much so that one use for them on occasion was to train hounds to follow a scent. No arrests were made, but one allegation was made to police that an anti-hunt follower sprayed a hound in the face to put it off the scent. Airizelda walked along smelling the air every so often, searching for the scent of moose. A fox was caught on Birk Fell, near Tilberthwaite, and a second got away after the pack met a group of walkers and the hounds lost the scent. Synonyms spoor, trail, track Hunting foil, wind 2.1 A trail of evidence or other signs assisting someone in a search or investigation. 〈喻〉痕迹；线索 I got word that other reporters had picked up the scent Example sentencesExamples A lack of bullets initially put investigators off the scent of gunpowder. It's possible it has been deliberately left there by the worm's author as a red herring to lead investigators off the scent. His point is laudable, but will likely prove ineffective once US news shows pick up the scent. Marco, picking up the scent, tries to investigate, following Shaw around the country. 3archaic mass noun The faculty or sense of smell. 〈古〉嗅觉 the dog, having the help of scent as well as of sight Example sentencesExamples If scent is the sense physically located closest to memory in the brain, then surely the synapses that channel sound tickle the trigger of imagination. verb sɛntsɛnt [with object] 1usually be scented withImpart a pleasant scent to. 使有香味 a glass of tea scented with a local herb 用本地药草使茶带有香味。 Example sentencesExamples An assembly of fresh wild mushrooms was heavily scented with dried ceps, and the cheese had been employed with restraint. The water was just the right temperature and it was scented with lavender perfume and honey-suckle. They are scented with different essences, and may be shaped as fruits or flowers, or simply made in little drop shapes. Look for products scented with essential plant oils, such as lemon, verbena, or lavender. She remembered it as a place that was scented with myrrh and strewn with silks. The café is smart, and the shops sells every item which can conceivably be lavender scented - from soaps and candles to incense burners and perfumes. They brought soap and scented the bathwater with fragrant oils. With ingredients such as ginseng and tea these pleasantly scented products do the job very nicely. It comes with a rice-and-red-bean salad and as well as a green salad scented with spices. She exhaled in a great rush, rippling the water's surface, and reached for the soaps and scented oils her maids had left her. Homemade soaps are pleasant and offer therapeutic effects when scented with essential oils. Commercial fabric softeners are heavily scented with artificial fragrances that leave irritating residues on fabrics. Laurel's hand was scented with a heavenly mixture of jasmine and roses that William would surely never forget. An eighteenth-century version of this bun was scented with caraway, a habit that seemed to slip away over the next 100 years or so. I sat there on a wooden bench for a mug of special scented tea made from fresh tealeaves. Simple and sophisticated, its tight, buttery crumb is scented with kirsch and shot through with soft summer berries. These are the tart, cooling flavours you expect further east, yet a Keralan fish stew may be scented with them all. The air was fresh, yet warm for the season of the year and scented with leaves, earth and cool water falling down in glimmering cascades. The sauce was not too meaty, but loose and liquidy, scented with fresh herbs and wine. The sensuous milk bath is scented with fresh rose petals, kaffir lime and stimulating essential oils. Synonyms perfumed, fragranced, perfumy sweet-smelling, fragrant, aromatic rare aromatized 2Discern by the sense of smell. 闻到，嗅到 a shark can scent blood from well over half a kilometre away 鲨鱼能在半公里之外嗅到血腥味。 Example sentencesExamples It was finally lunch period, Mary walks to the line at the Café and later scents a familiar smell. The urchin got up a second time with the murderous expression of a dog scenting blood. She was about to begin to feed on the owls kill when she scented the smell of a felida, finally noticing a shadowed form at the back of the cave. They have ‘newcomer’ written all over them, and the con-artists and pick-pockets gravitate towards them like jackals scenting carrion. She was indeed already circling them, like a shark scenting spilled blood. Just as I was trying to scent her on the breeze, I heard her call from the top branches of an oak tree. ‘Like a shark scenting a drop of blood in a vast expanse of ocean, he sniffed out my vulnerability the first time he laid eyes on me,’ she writes in her new book. Synonyms smell, detect the smell of, pick up the smell of, get a whiff of 2.1 Sense the presence, existence, or imminence of. 〈喻〉觉察；预感 the Premier scented victory last night 昨夜总理就预感到了胜利。 Example sentencesExamples As Hitler's imminent demise was scented, Stalin rose to new heights of prestige at home and abroad. Chants and songs echoed around the pub as fans scented victory. It's Patrician's first season in the U - 16 section and midfield stroller Jason is already scenting a Championship triumph at the first attempt. When McNicholas was shown a straight red for a high shot on Cruckshank, Leigh scented victory. Scepticism failed to save her from scenting danger in the ardent courtship of a rich young Philadelphian. And now Hollywood's literary agents are moving in, scenting huge profits from book and film rights. There was no shortage of money, as Penny, scenting change in the air, held yet another fundraiser. The guerilleros, scenting the victories to come, were in no mood to be forgiving. Although there have been 12 letters of objection to the plan, the two community councils in the area are scenting opportunity. Scenting an issue which could have widespread appeal, they have been running a national campaign to make phone company applications go through the full planning process. Some of the media drifted closer, scenting information the way sharks smell blood. The Hammers, who had scented victory, had to withdraw their substitute striker in favour of a replacement defender in Neil Ruddock. The words will barely have settled on the page before someone scents a mistake. By the end, wickets fell at an alarming rate and it was West who scented an unlikely victory. Synonyms sense, become aware of, become conscious of, detect, discern, perceive, recognize, get wind of, sniff out, nose out 2.2 Sniff (the air) for a scent. 嗅，闻 the bull advanced, scenting the breeze at every step 公牛向前走着，每一步都要嗅一嗅微风中的气味。 Example sentencesExamples I trudged on, scenting the air every so often to see if anyone was around me and also keeping track of where the border patrollers were. When we were seated he looked around as if scenting the air, and said, ‘This is very sixties.’ It was Tyrannix, scenting the air and swiveling his head in all directions. ‘Just a sec,’ I said, transforming again into my wolf form and scenting the air. The other lifted his head as if scenting the air and very briefly closed his eyes. Synonyms smell, test the smell of, nose at Phrases on the scent In possession of a useful clue in a search or investigation. （在搜索或调查中）获得线索 he might be on the scent of something Example sentencesExamples They think that this provides an avenue to destroy her, and they are like hounds on the scent. He claims to offer a service to shield celebrities from the baying media pack on the scent of scandal. For some time now, the unit has been on the scent of something that's been, well, dogging the world of consulting. Within the French secret service, there were a few outright untrustworthy, such as one lieutenant whose blather on a cafe terrace put the Germans on the scent of these listening officers. But it takes more than that to deter a tabloid hound on the scent of fast-breaking international news. They also created a ‘revolving door’ syndrome in the sector, with sought-after staff galloping from one company to the next, on the scent of yet another lucrative pay rise. As it was, Glavely's attitude showed he knew I was on the scent of something. He is the eco-friendly hound who is on the scent of environmental crime. While he still enjoyed his work when he was on the scent, he clearly felt much of the joy and challenge of his cases was gone. put (or throw) someone off the scent Mislead someone in the course of a search or investigation. （在搜索或调查中）获得线索 it was a ploy to put us off the scent Example sentencesExamples This was important to Kate; she had to try and throw Emily off the scent. Detectives believe the killer of a Yorkshire teenager sent text messages from her phone to throw them off the scent. I'm probably getting paranoid, but are BBC employees trying to throw us off the scent by posting red herrings on these sorts of boards? It is his job to throw her off the scent by switching on the charm. Either Joss is trying to throw us off the scent… or he is in denial. It is a brilliant way to throw us off the scent, which just reminds us all how vigilant we must be to stopping these evil minds. That other stuff was just to throw you off the scent while I nicked your MP3 player. Their understated stance sometimes throws you off the scent. We ‘threw her off the scent’ by planting a series of stories that had nothing to do with our strongest messages, but kept her guessing. The tale told to Mr Shafi that it was in the post was a deliberate ruse designed to throw him off the scent of that return. Derivatives scentless adjective ˈsɛntləsˈsɛntləs Four weeks later, subjects with the scentless patch had lost an average of only 2.4 pounds, while those sniffing vanilla lost an average of four pounds. Example sentencesExamples Some oreganos are mild, almost scentless, and not great for cooking, while others are pungent and flavorful. In spring you see clematis montana rubens everywhere, sugary pink, scentless and often clashing with equally ubiquitous but bright chrome yellow Forsythia. When meditating, it seems best for most people to be in a dark room lit by scentless candles while listening to wordless soundscape music. This deodorant won't leave any white residue and is one of the few that are actually completely scentless. Origin Late Middle English (denoting the sense of smell): from Old French sentir 'perceive, smell', from Latin sentire. The addition of -c- (in the 17th century) is unexplained. Before it was perfume, scent was a hunting term for a hound's sense of smell. From there it became an odour picked up by a hound, and then in the 15th century a pleasant smell. The word came into medieval English through Old French from Latin sentire ‘to feel or perceive’, from which sensation (early 17th century), sense (Late Middle English), sensible (Late Middle English), sensitive (Late Middle English), sensory (mid 18th century), sentence (Middle English) originally a way of perceiving, and numerous other words without a -c- derive. People started spelling scent with a -c- in the 17th century, but no one knows exactly why. Rhymes absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went noun.1 phr. Definition of scent in US English: scent nounsentsɛnt 1A distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant. 气味；香味 the scent of freshly cut hay 新切的干草香味。 Example sentencesExamples Life at the ranch house starts early with the insistent chatter of birds and the scent of freshly ground Kenyan coffee. The green salad bordered on a non-event thanks to the iceberg lettuce, but the orange-tinged dressing had a nice sesame scent to it. People enjoyed them because of the scents and distinctive flavors. I could smell the distinct scent of strawberry shampoo on her hair. Wherever you go in this island city, the French influence is as strong as the scent of freshly baked baguettes. In return for a donation, visitors had the chance to enjoy the colourful sights and fragrant scents of lovingly tended boarders, and pick up a few tips on garden design. In a small nonstick skillet, toast the cumin at medium heat until it releases its scent, about 20 seconds. I like jasmine tea's refreshing scent a lot, which I adore in the form of gelatin dessert, too. The rustle of grain was gone, replaced by the earthy scent of a freshly harvested field. As a fragrance evaporates, you smell scents in three stages, starting with the top notes and ending with the bottom notes. Rex woke up to the strong aroma of coffee and smelled the sweet scent of fried bacon and eggs. Analysis of its volatile components has identified the same molecules that give many familiar objects their distinctive scents. It's dotted with linden trees that must have provided a pleasant scent when in bloom a few weeks ago. It's a land of fishermen and farmers where you can smell fresh cut hay and the scent of the sea in a single step. He can smell the spicy scent of her damp, freshly shampooed hair. On a fine day the colours and scent from the lavender and herb beds that extend over 12 acres would make for a pleasant stroll. This is heavily perfumed with fruit that bursts out of the glass, filling the room with scents of freshly cut apple, pear and peach. Orange or lemon rinds provide a pleasant scent to the kitchen. His Tiny Tots dahlias are unique in that they give off a pleasant scent, something dahlias just don't do. I could smell him, the distinct scent of him that was a mix of cologne and hair wax and his soap. Synonyms smell, fragrance, aroma, perfume, redolence, savour, odour, whiff 1.1 Pleasant-smelling liquid worn on the skin; perfume. 香水 she sprayed scent over her body 她往身上喷香水。 Example sentencesExamples Victoria Beckham's favourite designer, Romeo Gigli, also launches his latest concoction, a spicy floral scent, this summer. The new men's scent from Comme des Garçons is God's gift to perfume. L' Eau D' Issey is the ultimate feminine scent, blending floral fragrances with fresh water. How long before politicians come out with their own clothes line and perfume scent? Work has begun with a leading confectionery company on an equally intriguing chocolate perfume scent, but the project is still at an early stage. It's important to know that every scent or cologne smells different on every person. Charlize will appear in adverts starting next month - just when another Academy Awards queen is set to launch her own ads for a rival French scent. At the Caron store in Paris, phials of its scent are decanted from impressive fragrance fountains. Inside was a simple, dark blue, package containing a bottle of scent personally made for me by perfumers in London. I sprayed my favourite scent on my neck, checked my face in the mirror and brushed out my hair, then picked up my bag. Alternatively, just spray your favourite scent around the room (but be sparing). A second scent is already in development, and a cologne for men is planned to follow. The smell of cheap scent and rancid after-shave was all pervading. For the final touch, I sprayed my signature scent, Moonlight Path, around the room, and walked through it. I wish Mark would wear the scent I bought him for Christmas, Gina thought. She sprayed her neck a bit of citric scent and took a peppermint tablet. Synonyms perfume, fragrance, toilet water, lavender water, cologne 2A trail indicated by the characteristic smell of an animal and perceptible to hounds or other animals. （动物的）遗臭，臭迹 the hound followed the scent 猎狗跟踪臭迹。 Example sentencesExamples One possible tactic could involve shooting a fox before the hunt sets out and dragging its corpse round the countryside for hounds to follow the scent. No arrests were made, but one allegation was made to police that an anti-hunt follower sprayed a hound in the face to put it off the scent. In a drag hunt, a field master leads a team on horseback, guided by foxhounds on the trail of an animal scent. A fox was caught on Birk Fell, near Tilberthwaite, and a second got away after the pack met a group of walkers and the hounds lost the scent. Airizelda walked along smelling the air every so often, searching for the scent of moose. Later, two other dogs were run across the suspected site and they too indicated a scent. Train your dog to locate objects by following scents on a trail for fun or sport. It was just 20 minutes into the hunt when the hounds got their first scent. If a criminal runs away I can't always see where he has gone, but Otto doesn't look for them, he smells their scent and can track them. Both groups took longer to pass through the tunnel when predator scent was present than when it was absent. Later this year the NFH intend to experiment with trail hunting, in which a cloth soaked in a fox's urine is dragged across the countryside to give the hounds a scent to follow. Then the pack of hounds chases the scent while followed by mounted riders. Quickly the pack of hounds caught a scent, and hurried to the chase, baying so loudly that the rocks and cliffs rang. As the hounds picked up their scent, the howls became snarls. Males, running to mark over puppies' bathrooming spots, are hiding the scent of the puppies from the grizzly. One key characteristic of red herrings, apart from their colour, was their strong smell, so much so that one use for them on occasion was to train hounds to follow a scent. In the Amazon, a Waorani hunter detects the scent of animal urine at forty paces and identifies the species that deposited it. Hounds follow the scent of a fox which may be quite some distance away. Before the runner sets off, he is put in an enclosed space with the hounds that then track his scent. Every blade of grass and bush had the scents of other animals that had encountered it. Synonyms spoor, trail, track 2.1 A trail of evidence or other signs assisting someone in a search or investigation. 〈喻〉痕迹；线索 I got word that other reporters had picked up the scent Example sentencesExamples It's possible it has been deliberately left there by the worm's author as a red herring to lead investigators off the scent. Marco, picking up the scent, tries to investigate, following Shaw around the country. A lack of bullets initially put investigators off the scent of gunpowder. His point is laudable, but will likely prove ineffective once US news shows pick up the scent. 3archaic The faculty or sense of smell. 〈古〉嗅觉 Example sentencesExamples If scent is the sense physically located closest to memory in the brain, then surely the synapses that channel sound tickle the trigger of imagination. verbsentsɛnt [with object] 1usually be scented withImpart a pleasant scent to. 使有香味 a glass of tea scented with lemon balm 用本地药草使茶带有香味。 Example sentencesExamples Simple and sophisticated, its tight, buttery crumb is scented with kirsch and shot through with soft summer berries. The café is smart, and the shops sells every item which can conceivably be lavender scented - from soaps and candles to incense burners and perfumes. She exhaled in a great rush, rippling the water's surface, and reached for the soaps and scented oils her maids had left her. Look for products scented with essential plant oils, such as lemon, verbena, or lavender. The water was just the right temperature and it was scented with lavender perfume and honey-suckle. She remembered it as a place that was scented with myrrh and strewn with silks. Homemade soaps are pleasant and offer therapeutic effects when scented with essential oils. These are the tart, cooling flavours you expect further east, yet a Keralan fish stew may be scented with them all. The air was fresh, yet warm for the season of the year and scented with leaves, earth and cool water falling down in glimmering cascades. The sauce was not too meaty, but loose and liquidy, scented with fresh herbs and wine. They are scented with different essences, and may be shaped as fruits or flowers, or simply made in little drop shapes. An eighteenth-century version of this bun was scented with caraway, a habit that seemed to slip away over the next 100 years or so. Laurel's hand was scented with a heavenly mixture of jasmine and roses that William would surely never forget. An assembly of fresh wild mushrooms was heavily scented with dried ceps, and the cheese had been employed with restraint. Commercial fabric softeners are heavily scented with artificial fragrances that leave irritating residues on fabrics. It comes with a rice-and-red-bean salad and as well as a green salad scented with spices. They brought soap and scented the bathwater with fragrant oils. With ingredients such as ginseng and tea these pleasantly scented products do the job very nicely. I sat there on a wooden bench for a mug of special scented tea made from fresh tealeaves. The sensuous milk bath is scented with fresh rose petals, kaffir lime and stimulating essential oils. Synonyms perfumed, fragranced, perfumy 2Discern by the sense of smell. 闻到，嗅到 a shark can scent blood from well over half a mile away 鲨鱼能在半公里之外嗅到血腥味。 Example sentencesExamples The urchin got up a second time with the murderous expression of a dog scenting blood. They have ‘newcomer’ written all over them, and the con-artists and pick-pockets gravitate towards them like jackals scenting carrion. She was indeed already circling them, like a shark scenting spilled blood. It was finally lunch period, Mary walks to the line at the Café and later scents a familiar smell. ‘Like a shark scenting a drop of blood in a vast expanse of ocean, he sniffed out my vulnerability the first time he laid eyes on me,’ she writes in her new book. Just as I was trying to scent her on the breeze, I heard her call from the top branches of an oak tree. She was about to begin to feed on the owls kill when she scented the smell of a felida, finally noticing a shadowed form at the back of the cave. Synonyms smell, detect the smell of, pick up the smell of, get a whiff of 2.1 Sense the presence, existence, or imminence of. 〈喻〉觉察；预感 a commander who scented victory Example sentencesExamples As Hitler's imminent demise was scented, Stalin rose to new heights of prestige at home and abroad. Chants and songs echoed around the pub as fans scented victory. The words will barely have settled on the page before someone scents a mistake. Although there have been 12 letters of objection to the plan, the two community councils in the area are scenting opportunity. By the end, wickets fell at an alarming rate and it was West who scented an unlikely victory. When McNicholas was shown a straight red for a high shot on Cruckshank, Leigh scented victory. Some of the media drifted closer, scenting information the way sharks smell blood. There was no shortage of money, as Penny, scenting change in the air, held yet another fundraiser. It's Patrician's first season in the U - 16 section and midfield stroller Jason is already scenting a Championship triumph at the first attempt. Scepticism failed to save her from scenting danger in the ardent courtship of a rich young Philadelphian. The Hammers, who had scented victory, had to withdraw their substitute striker in favour of a replacement defender in Neil Ruddock. The guerilleros, scenting the victories to come, were in no mood to be forgiving. Scenting an issue which could have widespread appeal, they have been running a national campaign to make phone company applications go through the full planning process. And now Hollywood's literary agents are moving in, scenting huge profits from book and film rights. Synonyms sense, become aware of, become conscious of, detect, discern, perceive, recognize, get wind of, sniff out, nose out 2.2 Sniff (the air) for a scent. 嗅，闻 the bull advanced, scenting the breeze at every step 公牛向前走着，每一步都要嗅一嗅微风中的气味。 Example sentencesExamples The other lifted his head as if scenting the air and very briefly closed his eyes. I trudged on, scenting the air every so often to see if anyone was around me and also keeping track of where the border patrollers were. When we were seated he looked around as if scenting the air, and said, ‘This is very sixties.’ ‘Just a sec,’ I said, transforming again into my wolf form and scenting the air. It was Tyrannix, scenting the air and swiveling his head in all directions. Synonyms smell, test the smell of, nose at Phrases on the scent In possession of a useful clue in a search or investigation; following a trail that will likely lead to the discovery or acquisition of something. Example sentencesExamples For some time now, the unit has been on the scent of something that's been, well, dogging the world of consulting. While he still enjoyed his work when he was on the scent, he clearly felt much of the joy and challenge of his cases was gone. He claims to offer a service to shield celebrities from the baying media pack on the scent of scandal. But it takes more than that to deter a tabloid hound on the scent of fast-breaking international news. They think that this provides an avenue to destroy her, and they are like hounds on the scent. As it was, Glavely's attitude showed he knew I was on the scent of something. They also created a ‘revolving door’ syndrome in the sector, with sought-after staff galloping from one company to the next, on the scent of yet another lucrative pay rise. He is the eco-friendly hound who is on the scent of environmental crime. Within the French secret service, there were a few outright untrustworthy, such as one lieutenant whose blather on a cafe terrace put the Germans on the scent of these listening officers. put (or throw) someone off the scent Mislead someone in the course of a search or investigation. （在搜索或调查中）获得线索 Example sentencesExamples The tale told to Mr Shafi that it was in the post was a deliberate ruse designed to throw him off the scent of that return. It is his job to throw her off the scent by switching on the charm. That other stuff was just to throw you off the scent while I nicked your MP3 player. Either Joss is trying to throw us off the scent… or he is in denial. Detectives believe the killer of a Yorkshire teenager sent text messages from her phone to throw them off the scent. We ‘threw her off the scent’ by planting a series of stories that had nothing to do with our strongest messages, but kept her guessing. This was important to Kate; she had to try and throw Emily off the scent. I'm probably getting paranoid, but are BBC employees trying to throw us off the scent by posting red herrings on these sorts of boards? Their understated stance sometimes throws you off the scent. It is a brilliant way to throw us off the scent, which just reminds us all how vigilant we must be to stopping these evil minds. Origin Late Middle English (denoting the sense of smell): from Old French sentir ‘perceive, smell’, from Latin sentire. The addition of -c- (in the 17th century) is unexplained. noun.1 phr.
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