perfume

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

▪ I. perfume UK [ˈpɜː.fjuːm] US [pɝːˈfjuːm] noun [ perfumes ]
1. <A > countable or uncountable a liquid with a pleasant smell, usually made from oils taken from flowers or spices, which is often used on the skin
• What perfume are you wearing?
• She adores French perfume.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Toiletry and perfumes
2. uncountable a pleasant natural smell
• The perfume of the roses filled the room.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Smells and smelling
 
• She dabbed a little perfume behind her ears.
• He bought his wife some duty-free perfume.
• She sprayed herself with perfume.
• Atomizers are used for putting on perfume.
• a bottle of cheap perfume
 
▪ II.
perfume UK US UK [ˈpɜː.fjuːm] US [ˈpɝː-] verb transitive

• In the evening, the flowers perfume the air.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Smells and smelling
Main entry: perfume_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  essence, aroma, fragrance, scent, aromatize, aromatise