smell

smell
/smel/ * danh từ - khứu giác =a fine sense of smell+ mũi thính - sự ngửi, sự hít =to have a smell at something+ ngửi cái gì - mùi =the smell of roses+ mùi hoa hồng - mùi thối, mùi ôi * ngoại động từ smelt, (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) smelled - ngửi, ngửi thấy, thấy mùi =I am sure I smell gas+ tôi cam đoan có mùi hơi đốt - cảm thấy, đoán được =do you smell anything unusual?+ anh có cảm thấy có điều gì không bình thường không? - đánh hơi tìm ra, đánh hơi tìm; (bóng) khám phá, phát hiện =to smell out a plot+ khám phá ra một âm mưu * nội động từ - có mùi, toả mùi =these flowers smell sweet+ những hoa này có mùi thơm dịu =to smell of garlic+ có nùi tỏi =this milk smells sour+ sữa này có mùi chua =to smell of jobberyd+ sặc mùi xoay xở =his talk smells of war+ bài nói của hắn sặc mùi chiến tranh !to smell about - đánh hơi - quen hơi (quen với một mùi gì) !to smell up - sặc mùi thối, sặc mùi ôi; làm nồng nặc mùi hôi thối !to smell of the lamp - (xem) lamp !to smell of the shop - quá nặng tính chất chuyên môn, quá nặng tính chất kỹ thuật !to smell a rat - (nghĩa bóng) cảm thấy có âm mưu, nghi có sự dối trá

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  • Smell — (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm[ o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smell — [smel] vt. smelled or [Chiefly Brit.] Brit. smelt, smelling [ME smellen < OE * smyllan < IE base * smel , to burn slowly > SMOLDER: basic sense “to give off smoke”] 1. to be or become aware of by means of the nose and the olfactory… …   English World dictionary

  • smell — smell; smell·able; smell·age; smell·er; smell·ful; smell·fun·gus; smell·ie; smell·i·ness; …   English syllables

  • Smell — Smell, n. [OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See {Smell}, v. t.] (Physiol.) 1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See {Sense}. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Smell — Smell, v. i. 1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk. [1913 Webster] 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smell — verb. The form for the past tense and past participle in BrE is smelled or smelt; in AmE smelled is usually preferred. When the verb is used intransitively, the quality of the smell is normally expressed either by a phrase introduced by of or by… …   Modern English usage

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  • Smell — may refer to:* Olfaction, the sense of smell, the ability of humans and other animals to perceive odors * Odor * In programming, a code smell is a symptom in the source code of a program that something is wrong …   Wikipedia

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