smell

1 عمومی:: بوكشی‌، استشمام‌، بویایی‌، بو، عط‌ر، رایحه‌، شامه‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: smell something that you can recognize by breathing in through your nose: • the smell from the kitchen • What’s that awful smell? • the sweet smell of roses whiff something that you smell for a short time: • He caught a whiff of her perfume. • a whiff of apple blossom scent a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animal: • The rose had a beautiful scent. • Cats use their scent to mark their territory. • the sharp, dying scent of autumn • the heady scent (= strong scent ) of magnolias fragrance/perfume a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scent: • the sweet perfume of the orange blossoms • Each mango has its own special fragrance. aroma formal a pleasant smell from food or coffee: • the aroma of fresh coffee • The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies. odour British English , odor American English formal an unpleasant smell: • An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins. • the odor of stale tobacco smoke pong British English informal an unpleasant smell: • What’s that horrible pong? stink/stench a very strong and unpleasant smell: • I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat. • The toilet gave off a terrible stench.

Longman-Thesaurus

2 general:: smell adjectives strong • There was a strong smell of burning in the air. faint (= not strong ) • I noticed a faint smell of perfume. overpowering (= very strong ) • The smell of disinfectant was overpowering. nice/pleasant/lovely • There was a lovely smell of fresh coffee. bad/unpleasant/horrible etc • The smell in the shed was awful. a strange/funny/odd smell • What’s that funny smell? a sweet smell • She liked the sweet smell of hay in the barn. a delicious smell (= a pleasant smell of food ) • There were delicious smells emanating from the kitchen. a sickly smell (= sweet and unpleasant ) • the sweet, sickly smell of decaying human flesh a pungent smell formal (= strong and unpleasant ) • A pungent smell of garlic filled the air. an acrid smell (= strong and bitter ) • The acrid smell of smoke clung about the place. a musty/stale/sour smell (= old and not fresh ) • The clothes in the wardrobe had a damp musty smell. verbs have a strong/sweet etc smell • The flowers had a lovely sweet smell. be filled with a smell • The house was filled with the smell of baking bread. give off a smell (= produce a smell ) • Rubber gives off a strong smell when it is burned. notice/smell a smell ( also detect a smell formal ) • He detected a faint smell of blood. a smell comes from somewhere ( also a smell emanates from somewhere formal ) • A delicious smell of baking came from the kitchen. • He was getting complaints about the smell emanating from his shop. a smell wafts somewhere (= moves there through the air ) • The smells wafting up the stairs from the kitchen were making her feel hungry. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say ' feel the smell of something '. Say smell something . smell 2 adjectives smell good/nice etc • The food smelled good. smell delicious • That soup smells delicious. smell fresh • Rub your chopping board with lemon to keep it smelling fresh. smell sweet • A ripe melon will smell sweet. smell bad/awful etc • Cigarettes make your clothes smell awful. smell funny/strange • This place smells funny sometimes. adverbs smell strongly of something • The man smelled strongly of alcohol. smell faintly of something • His suit smelled faintly of tobacco.

transnet.ir

3 general::   verb notice/identify sth by using your nose ADV. properly, well I had a streaming cold, so I could not smell properly. | almost Snow fell so that you could almost smell the cold. VERB + SMELL can/could have a particular smell ADV. strongly His clothes smelled strongly of fish. | faintly, slightly, vaguely He smelled faintly of sweat. | deliciously, pleasantly, sweetly PREP. like It smells like rotten meat! | of The kitchen smelled sweetly of herbs and fruit.,   noun ADJ. overpowering, pervasive, pungent, rich, sharp, strong There was an overpowering smell of burning tyres. | faint | distinct | distinctive, particular, unmistakable | funny, peculiar, strange, unusual What's that funny smell? | familiar | lingering | aromatic, delectable, delicious, fragrant, fresh, lovely, nice, savoury, sweet, wonderful the aromatic smells of a spring garden full of herbs | warm | appalling, awful, bad, evil, horrible, nasty, offensive, terrible, unpleasant, vile | acrid, nauseating, putrid, rank, sickly An acrid smell filled the air. | damp, dank, musty, rancid, sour, stale the sour smell of unwashed linen | earthy, fishy, masculine, metallic, musky, oily, smoky, spicy | cooking Cooking smells drifted up from the kitchen. VERB + SMELL be filled with, have The air was filled with a pervasive smell of chemicals. The cottage had a musty smell after being shut up over the winter. | give off The skunk gives off an unpleasant smell when attacked. | catch, detect As she walked into the house she detected the smell of gas. SMELL + VERB come, emanate, drift, float, waft A delicious smell of freshly baked bread wafted across the garden. | fill sth, hang | hit sb Then the pungent smell hit us?rotting fish and seaweed. PREP. ~ from the putrid smell from the slaughterhouse | ~ of The faint smell of her perfume hung in the air.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

4 general:: noun stench: The smell was terrible. noun fragrance: The smell was pleasant. verb inhaled: She smelled gas in the house. verb stunk: The goat smelled very bad.

Simple Definitions

5 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with SMELL, Also see COME UP (SMELLING LIKE) ROSES; STINK (SMELL) TO HIGH HEAVEN.

American Heritage Idioms

6 general:: smell sth/sb out [ M ] mainly UK ( US usually sniff sth/sb out ) to discover where something or someone is by smelling • At customs, dogs are used to smell out drugs in passengers' luggage., smell somewhere out [ M ] UK and Australian English ( US smell somewhere up ) to fill a place with a smell, in an unpleasant way • That aftershave of yours is smelling out the whole house.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs