smell something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) SMELLto find something by smelling 闻出,嗅出 SYN sniff out They use dogs trained to smell out explosives. 他们使用受过训练能嗅出爆炸物的狗。
b) informalFIND to find or recognize something because you have a natural ability to do this 感觉到,觉察到 SYN sniff out They’ll be able to smell out any corruption. 他们将能觉察到任何腐败行为。
smell out• He cut it up lengthways and its tangy smell flooded out.• Will the mountain lion smell me out?• You never get the smell of smoke out.• A damp, musty smell lurched out to greet him.• Hoomey knocked on the door and looked through the letter-box, and the smell came out to him.
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