/smel ||; smɛl/verb (
past tense past participle smelt /smelt
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or smelled /smeld
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1 [I] smell (of sth) to have a particular smell 有某种气味: Dinner smells good! 晚餐很香！This perfume smells of roses. 这香水散发出玫瑰的香气。His breath smelt of whisky. 他的呼吸有一股威士忌酒气味。
2 [I] to have a bad smell 有难闻的气味；有臭味: Your feet smell. 你的脚很臭。
3 [T] to notice or recognize sb/sth by using your nose 用嗅觉闻出或辨出: He could smell something burning. 他闻到有东西烧焦的气味。Can you smell gas? 你闻到煤气味吗？I could still smell her perfume in the room. 我仍能在房间里闻到她的香水味。
We do not use smell or other verbs of the senses (for example taste, see, hear) in the continuous tenses. Instead we often use can, for example I can smell smoke. smell和其他表示感官的动词﹙如taste﹑see﹑hear﹚不用于进行时﹐常与can连用﹐如﹕I can smell smoke.我闻到烟味。 4 [T] to put your nose near sth and breathe in so that you can discover or identify its smell 用鼻子闻（以辨别什么气味）: I smelt the milk to see if it had gone off. 我闻了闻牛奶，看看是否坏了。
5 [I] to be able to smell 有嗅觉: I can't smell properly because I've got a cold. 我患了伤风，嗅觉不灵敏。