scent

英 [sent] 美[s?nt]

CET6TEM4CET4IELTS考研TOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?scents;第三人稱單數:?scents;過去式:?scented;過去分詞:?scented;現在分詞:?scenting;

1、sc <=> s.
2、sent- => scent.

scent 聞，嗅，氣味，氣息

來自古法語 sentir,感覺，感官，聞，來自拉丁語 sentire,感覺，感官，詞源同 sense,sentiment. 插入字母 c 可能是受-sc-影響。引申詞義聞，嗅，氣味，氣息等。

scent: scent: [14] Scent comes ultimately from the same source that gave English sensation, sense, sentient, and sentiment – namely, Latin sentīre ‘feel, perceive’. It arrived via Old French sentir, and at first was sent in English (‘Fishes lurking among the stones [the dogs] seek out with their sent’, James Dalrymple, Leslie’s history of Scotland 1596). The modern sc- spelling did not begin to emerge until the 17th century. It is not known what the reason for it was, although it may have been a resolution of a possible confusion with the past form of send.
=> sensation, sense, sentient, sentiment
scent (v.): late 14c., sent "to find the scent of," from Old French sentir "to feel, smell, touch, taste; realize, perceive; make love to," from Latin sentire " to feel, perceive, sense, discern, hear, see" (see sense (n.)).

Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. This was a tendency in early Modern English, also in scythe and for a time threatening to make scite and scituate. Figurative use from 1550s. Transitive sense "impregnate with an odor, perfume" is from 1690s. Related: Scented; scenting.
scent (n.): late 14c., "scent, smell, what can be smelled" (as a means of pursuit by a hound), from scent (v.). Almost always applied to agreeable odors.

2. Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.: 選花不僅要觀其形還要聞其香。

4. Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas.: 用你最喜歡的香味熏香你的抽屜和衣柜。

5. A slight breeze rose, wafting the heavy scent of flowers past her.: 清風吹拂，濃郁的花香向她飄來。