smelled

smell
/smɛl/
(smelling, smelled,smells)
1. 可数名词 The smell of something is a quality it has which you become aware of when you breathe in through your nose. 气味
- ...the smell of freshly baked bread. …新烤面包的气味。
- ...horrible smells. …令人恶心的气味。
2. 不可数名词 Your sense of smell is the ability that your nose has to detect things. 嗅觉
- ...people who lose their sense of smell. …失去嗅觉的人们。
3. 连系动词 If something smells a particular way, it has a quality which you become aware of through your nose. 有…的气味; 闻起来
- The room smelled of lemons. 房间有股柠檬的气味。
- It smells delicious. 它闻起来真香。
4. 不及物动词 If you say that something smells, you mean that it smells unpleasant. 有臭味
- Ma threw that out. She said it smelled. 妈把那个扔出去了。她说它已经有臭味了。
5. 及物动词 If you smell something, you become aware of it when you breathe in through your nose. 闻到
- As soon as we opened the front door we could smell the gas. 我们一打开前门就能闻到那煤气味。
6. 及物动词 If you smell something, you put your nose near it and breathe in, so that you can discover its smell. (鼻子凑近) 嗅
- I took a fresh rose out of the vase on our table, and smelled it. 我从我们桌上的花瓶里取出一支新鲜的玫瑰，闻了闻。
7. to smell a rat →see rat

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