plural smells
plural smells
Learner's definition of SMELL
1 [count]
a : the quality of a thing that you can sense with your nose : odor气味 b : an unpleasant odor臭味;臭气 2
[noncount] : the ability to notice or recognize odors : the ability to smell things嗅觉 3
[singular] : an act of smelling something嗅;闻 2 smell /ˈsmɛl/ verb
smells; smelled or British smelt /ˈsmɛlt/ ; smelling smells; smelled or British smelt /ˈsmɛlt/ ; smelling Learner's definition of SMELL
1
a [+ object] : to use your nose to sense smells嗅;闻 b : to be able to use your nose to sense smells能闻出;有嗅觉 [no object]
[+ object]
c not used in progressive tenses,
[+ object] : to notice something because of its smell嗅到;闻到 2
a [linking verb] : to have a particular smell闻起来…;有…气味 —
sometimes + of b not used in progressive tenses,
[no object] : to have a bad smell有臭味;发出难闻气味 3
a [+ object] : to sense or detect (something) : to think that (something) is going to happen感觉到;察觉到 -
Can't you smell the profits?你察觉不出有利可图吗?
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As the end of the game got closer, our team began to smell victory. [=began to sense/feel that victory was very near]比赛临近结束时,我们队感觉到胜利在望了。
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I smell trouble. [=I think there's going to be trouble]我觉得会有麻烦。
b [no object] : to appear or seem to have a certain quality感觉上;看起来
come out/up smelling like a rose
— see 2rose
smell out
[phrasal verb] smell (something) out or smell out (something)
: to find (something) by smelling it嗅出
(stop and) smell the roses
— see 2rose