scent

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

scent UK US [sent] noun [ scents ]
1. countable a pleasant natural smell
• the scent of roses
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Smells and smelling
2. countable a smell produced by an animal which acts as a signal to other animals
• The hounds had lost the scent of the fox near the river.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Smells and smelling
3. countable or uncountable a pleasant-smelling liquid that people put on their skin; perfume
• a bottle of scent
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Toiletry and perfumes
Idioms: on the scent ▪ put somebody off the scent
 
verb transitive
1. If an animal scents something or someone, it knows they are there because it can smell them.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Animal (non-human) behaviour
2. If a person scents something, they have a feeling that they are about to experience it
• Halfway through the match, the team could already scent victory.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Predicting things and intuition
Idiom: scent blood

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, fragrance, perfume, nose, wind, odorize, odourise
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  deodorize, deodorise, deodourise