American English usually uses the form smelled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either smelled or smelt. 美国英语 smell 的过去式和过去分词通常为 smelled,英国英语使用 smelled 或 smelt。
- N-COUNT 气味
The smell of something is a quality it has which you become aware of when you breathe in through your nose.
- ...the smell of freshly baked bread.
新鲜出炉的面包的香味 - ...horrible smells...
难闻的气味 - What is your favourite smell?
你喜欢哪种气味呢?
- N-UNCOUNT 嗅觉
Your sense of smell is the ability that your nose has to detect things.
- ...people who lose their sense of smell.
丧失了嗅觉的人
- V-LINK 散发出…气味;有…气味
If something smells in a particular way, it has a quality which you become aware of through your nose.
- The room smelled of lemons...
房间里有股柠檬的味道。 - It smells delicious.
闻起来很香。 - ...a crumbly black substance that smells like fresh soil.
散发着新鲜泥土气息的黑色易碎物质
- VERB 散发异味;气味难闻
If you say that something smells, you mean that it smells unpleasant.
- Ma threw that out. She said it smelled...
妈把那玩意扔出去了,她说它有股怪味。 - Do my feet smell?
我的脚臭吗?
- VERB 嗅到;闻到
If you smell something, you become aware of it when you breathe in through your nose.
- As soon as we opened the front door we could smell the gas.
我们一打开前门,就闻到了煤气的味道。
- VERB (用鼻子凑过去)嗅,闻
If you smell something, you put your nose near it and breathe in, so that you can discover its smell.
- I took a fresh rose out of the vase on our table, and smelled it.
我从饭桌上的花瓶里抽了一只新鲜的玫瑰,闻了闻。
- VERB (本能地)预感到,觉察到,嗅出
If you smell something, you feel that it is likely to happen or be true.
- He knew virtually nothing about music but he could smell a hit.
他对音乐几乎一窍不通,却预感到它将会大受欢迎。
- to smell a rat → see: rat