不及物動詞:有…氣味、聞起來、聞到
常見搭配詞與片語:
- smell like / of +名詞 (單字、片語跟子句)
聞起來像是 - smell as if +名詞子句
聞起來像是 - smell sweet / good / fresh / delicious
聞起來很好 - smell strange / odd / funny / awful
聞起來怪怪的 - smell strongly of something
有一股很濃的…的味道 - Something smells
某物很臭
例句:
- The drink smells funny.
這飲料聞起來怪怪的 - The beef smelled of smoke.
那牛肉聞起來有煙味 - It smells like rotten meat.
聞起來像臭肉 - It doesn’t smell as if it was cleaned.
這聞起來不像有清潔過 - His father always smells strongly of alcohol.
他爸爸總是滿身酒味(很濃) - My feet smell.
我的腳很臭 - The leftovers have begun to smell.
剩菜開始有味道了(壞了) - Does my breath smell?
我有口臭嗎?
及物動詞:聞到、意識到
常見搭配詞與片語:
- smell sth/sb out
聞出、嗅出 - smell something
聞到… - smell trouble / danger
察覺麻煩 / 危險
例句:
- I can smell gas.
我聞到瓦斯味 - I can smell something burning.
我聞到有東西在燒的味道 - I smelled the flowers he sent me.
我聞了聞他送給我的花 - They use dogs to smell drugs out.
他們用狗來嗅出(查出)毒品來 - The reporter smelled trouble, so he hurried out the pub.
那個記者察覺到麻煩,他趕緊離開酒吧
同義詞:
- sniff 嗅 vt. vi. 強調吸入,去聞出某味道
- scent 動物聞到、人察覺到 vt.
- detect 察覺 vt.
名詞:氣味、嗅覺
常見搭配詞:
形容詞+smell
- a bad / horrible / unpleasant smell
難聞的味道 - a nice / lovely / pleasant smell
好聞的味道 - a musty / sick smell
霉味 / 令人作嘔的味道 - a strong / slight / faint smell
濃烈的 / 一點點的味道 - a strange / funny / odd smell
奇怪的味道 - a sweet / delicious smell
甜美的 / 食物好聞的味道 - a sickly smell
甜到讓人不舒服的味道 - a pungent smell
濃烈且讓人不舒服的味道
動詞 +smell
- be filled with a smell
充滿某種味道 - bear / stand the smell
忍受這種味道 - give off / give out a smell
散發出一種味道 - take a smell
聞一下 - notice / smell a smell
注意到一種味道 - have a smell
有種味道 (英國英語:聞一下)
例句:
- Mary loves the smell of freshly cut grass.
Mary喜歡剛剪下的青草的氣味 - The air is filled with the smell of fish.
空氣瀰漫著魚的味道 - What’s that sickly smell?
那讓人作噁的味道是什麼味道? - As people get older, they gradually lose the sense of smell.
隨著人變老,他們會逐漸失去嗅覺 - She noticed a faint smell of lemon.
她聞到一點淡淡的檸檬味 - I am looking for a way to get rid of that musty smell in the bathroom.
我在找方法,看能不能消除浴室的霉味 - I like the smell of apples.
我喜歡蘋果的香氣
習語:
smell a rat
覺得可疑
- I started to smell a rat when he asked my ID number.
當他問我身分證號碼時,我開始覺得可疑
smell blood
發現有機可乘
smell fishy / odd/ wrong
覺得可疑
- The whole thing smells fishy to me.
我覺得這整件事都可疑
come out of / up something smelling of roses
從麻煩中脫身,不沾一點塵埃(雖捲入麻煩,但能證明自己清白)
- It seems impossible for her to come out of the deal smelling of roses.
似乎、她沒辦法全身而退了
同義詞:
- scent 氣味、香味 n. 令人愉悅的氣味
- odor 臭味 n.
- fragrance 芳香、香氣 n..
衍生字
- smelly 難聞的、臭的 adj.
- smellies 芳香產品 n. 口語用字
- smellscape 氣味景觀 n. 1985年新造的字,語意為某處所有的氣味,或者展示這些氣味的藝術品