记忆方法
1、smell 既是"用鼻子闻"也是"散发气味"，主动被动同一个词。The food smells good 这菜闻着香；I smell smoke 我闻到烟味。
2、来源神秘，一种说法和 smolder（闷烧、发烟）同源，画面就是"吸进烟味"。近义：smell（中性，好坏都可）、fragrance（花/化妆品那种愉悦香）、incense（香燃烧的烟味）、perfume（浓香，书面）、flavour（食物独有的香）、odour（书面中性）、scent（某物特有的、多指好闻）。
3、单音节 /smel/，sm- 起头辅音连缀、e 短音、ll 收尾。过去式两种都对：smelled（美式多）或 smelt（英式常用）。
2、来源神秘，一种说法和 smolder（闷烧、发烟）同源，画面就是"吸进烟味"。近义：smell（中性，好坏都可）、fragrance（花/化妆品那种愉悦香）、incense（香燃烧的烟味）、perfume（浓香，书面）、flavour（食物独有的香）、odour（书面中性）、scent（某物特有的、多指好闻）。
3、单音节 /smel/，sm- 起头辅音连缀、e 短音、ll 收尾。过去式两种都对：smelled（美式多）或 smelt（英式常用）。
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词族 · smell
中文词源
smell 闻，嗅，闻到，气味，臭味
来自中古英语 smellen,闻，嗅，散发气味，来自 Proto-Germanic*smuljana,燃烧，冒烟，来自 PIE*smel,燃烧，冒烟，词源同 smolder.引申诸相关词义。
英语词源
- smell
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smell: [12] Smell is something of a mystery word. It is assumed to go back to an Old English *smiellan or *smyllan, but no such verb has been recorded, nor have any related forms in other languages been pin-pointed for certain. One theory links it with English smoulder [14] and the related Dutch smeulen ‘smoulder’, as if the notion of ‘smelling’ arose from the idea of breathing vapour or smoke through the nose.
- smell (n.)
- "odor, aroma, stench," late 12c.; "faculty of perceiving by the nose," c. 1200; see smell (v.). Ousted Old English stenc (see stench) in most senses.
- smell (v.)
- late 12c., "emit or perceive an odor," not found in Old English, perhaps cognate with Middle Dutch smolen, Low German smelen "to smolder" (see smolder). However, OED says "no doubt of Old English origin, but not recorded, and not represented in any of the cognate languages." Related: Smelled or smelt; smelling.
Smelling salts (1840), used to revive the woozy, typically were a scented preparation of carbonate of ammonia. Smell-feast (n.) "one who finds and frequents good tables, one who scents out where free food is to be had" is from 1510s ("very common" c. 1540-1700, OED). Smell-smock "licentious man" was in use c. 1550-c. 1900. To smell a rat "be suspicious" is from 1540s.
权威例句
- 1. The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.
- 他们进门时一阵香味扑鼻而来。
- 2. I could smell the honeyed ripeness of melons and peaches.
- 我能闻到瓜桃熟透了的香甜味道。
- 3. The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.
- 谷仓里弥漫着新粪酸甜的气味。
- 4. However, many customers found the smell of this product distinctly off-putting.
- 然而，很多顾客觉得该产品有一股异味，非常难闻。
- 5. Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning.
- 然后他抽了抽鼻子，发觉有一股烧焦的味道。
词语辨析
【smell, fragrance, incense, perfume, flavour, odour, scent】
这组词都有“气味”的意思，其区别是：
smell: 普通用词，与odour很相近，中性词。可指好闻或不好闻或中性气味。
fragrance: 较正式的典雅用词，常指花妆品、花朵和香料等发出的令人感到新鲜、愉快的香味。
incense: 指香燃烧时发出的芳香的烟味。
perfume: 书面用词，指强烈、浓厚天然或人工制造的香气。
flavour: 指影响嗅觉、味觉的香气或香味，多用于指食物等独特的味。
odour: 书面中性词，侧重气味本身的本质，既可指令人愉快的气味，也可指令人作呕难闻气味。
scent: 与smell很接近，但着重某物质或物体所特有的气味，多指好闻的气味。
这组词都有“气味”的意思，其区别是：
smell: 普通用词，与odour很相近，中性词。可指好闻或不好闻或中性气味。
fragrance: 较正式的典雅用词，常指花妆品、花朵和香料等发出的令人感到新鲜、愉快的香味。
incense: 指香燃烧时发出的芳香的烟味。
perfume: 书面用词，指强烈、浓厚天然或人工制造的香气。
flavour: 指影响嗅觉、味觉的香气或香味，多用于指食物等独特的味。
odour: 书面中性词，侧重气味本身的本质，既可指令人愉快的气味，也可指令人作呕难闻气味。
scent: 与smell很接近，但着重某物质或物体所特有的气味，多指好闻的气味。