n. 气味, 香味, 香水, 踪迹, 痕迹, 线索, 嗅觉

vt. 闻出, 嗅, 发觉, 使充满气味

vi. 嗅猎, 发出气味

[医] 香气, 臭气, 气味

Scent \Scent\, n.
1. That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory
organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an
orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.

With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial. --Prior.

2. Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in
passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence,
course of pursuit; track of discovery.

He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and
traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. --Sir W.
Temple.

3. The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of
nice scent; to divert the scent. --I. Watts.


Scent \Scent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scenting}.] [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to
smell. See {Sense}.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to
scent game, as a hound does.

Methinks I scent the morning air. --Shak.

2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.

Balm from a silver box distilled around,
Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred
ground. --Dryden.


Scent \Scent\, v. i.
1. To have a smell. [Obs.]

Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone.
--Holland.

2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.