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noun ˈɪnsɛnsˈɪnˌsɛns mass noun1A gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces. 香（树脂、香料等燃烧可得香气的物质） the sharp lingering sweetness of incense as modifier incense sticks Example sentencesExamples - When the time comes, settle yourself in front of the area, light the candle, and open the bottle of perfume or light the incense.
- She always had some sandalwood incense burning when she sang, or wrote.
- Thinking of people close to me, lit a candle and burnt incense in memory of them.
- The entire congregation later filed past the head of the coffin each member making a sign of the cross with a strange implement whilst on the coffin a small salver of incense smoked away.
- I turned on the CD player and watched as Amanda lit the incense.
- There will be a statue of Buddha, candles, and an incense burner.
- We would then all bow before the shrine, and my father would place incense on the altar.
- Impressionist paintings hung on the walls and sandalwood incense released a sweet scent.
- Myrrh is a fragrant gum resin used in making incense, perfume, and herbal medicine, and in ancient times it was also employed in embalming.
- They lit candles, chanted oaths, and burned incense.
- He could see the cloth wrapped crystal next to the burned out incense stick.
- He then lit the incense and let the smoke rise for a few moments before taking it and walking around the room muttering the same words he had spoken before.
- We step inside and the smell of burning incense hits me like a lightning bolt.
- Set the incense cone directly atop the lighting point on the trail.
- Instead, they burn incense and other sweet odors and light candles.
- I've also dedicated recent writing to her and burned incense to her almost daily.
- In the morning sunshine, local villagers climbed up to the mountain, burnt incense and prayed.
- I lit some incense and laid down flowers and choked my way through the Scriptures.
- You could burn incense sticks or light a scented candle.
- The people also held various kinds of burial rituals and burnt incense on special days.
Synonyms perfume, fragrance, scent aroma, bouquet, redolence, balm - 1.1 The smoke or perfume of incense.
焚香时的烟，香气 the swirls of incense in the air Example sentencesExamples - The air in the church had been redolent with incense, thick and sweet-smelling.
- Perfumed with incense and sandalwood and synonymous with soap and silk, it is among the most beautiful cities in the country.
- But it returns to a recent past, in a softly lit yoga hall decorated in muted earthly tones and perfumed with incense.
- The great defender of traditional liturgy could also be its critic when he thought the fog of incense was merely hiding a vacancy at the altar.
- Automatically, his senses registered the smell of incense wafting through the air.
- The room was filed with stale smoke and faint incense, mixed with a strong odor of wine and ale.
- All you see is the mist of thick and perfumed incense.
- The reception area smells of incense and curry.
- Priests chanted prayers and read from sacred texts as incense wafted from the corners of the temple.
- The pungent aroma of incense filled the corridor as the door opened wider.
- The sweet smell of incense filled Hitomi's nose, making her feel slightly light-headed.
- She took in one final breath of the scent of the jasmine incense, the scent of the Goddess, one Angharad had adopted for herself.
- The air eddies with charcoal smoke and incense.
- The sweet smell of incense wafted in the evening wind.
- Orthodox priests held a memorial service, and the blue smoke of incense smoke curled in the hot summer air.
- The room was lit almost completely by soft candlelight, and the air was perfumed by sweet-smelling incense, and men smoking pipes filled with herbal concoctions.
- And his hair still smelled like incense and spices.
- Luxurious silks drape the walls, candles flicker and the smell of incense fills the air.
- I never imagined I would be laying here, with the scent of incense and jasmine filling my nose, lying this close to anyone, nearly drowning in them.
verb ˈɪnsɛnsˈɪnˌsɛns [with object]Perfume with incense or a similar fragrance. 熏香 the aroma of cannabis incensed the air 大麻的香气熏香了空气。
OriginMiddle English (originally as encense): from Old French encens (noun), encenser (verb), from ecclesiastical Latin incensum 'something burnt, incense', neuter past participle of incendere 'set fire to', from in- 'in' + the base of candere 'to glow'. verb ɪnˈsɛnsɪnˈsɛns [with object]Make very angry. 使发怒，激怒 locals are incensed at the suggestion 当地居民被这项提议激怒了。 Example sentencesExamples - Both times Sweden players, angered by the cheating and incensed by the lack of punishment, shouted at officials.
- Local soccer lovers were incensed and felt cheated when Bucks announced the match would be played in Port Elizabeth.
- Residents were incensed that police had fired some 45 shots in their neighborhood in the attempt to capture Jones.
- Locals from Mountmellick are incensed by the amount of household rubbish that is being illegally dumped in areas of the town.
- The fans were incensed as the Frenchman lay still before a stretcher appeared then quickly disappeared.
- I was absolutely incensed and outraged at their stupid bureaucracy and lack of compassion.
- The industry has been incensed by suggestions that they are benefiting from the crisis.
- That's the real reason I'm so incensed about this ban on the growing and consumption of cannabis.
- The locals were incensed and came out of their homes to argue with the British soldiers.
- The head of the committee in charge of overseeing the site has since walked out and accusations have been flying over exactly who is to blame for the delays that are increasingly incensing New Yorkers.
- Nothing incenses me more than hearing that they are making money out of my misery.
- At least one artist was incensed by the curatorial insistence on deferring to local sensitivities.
- However local hoteliers reacted angrily to the publishing of results and are incensed at the secrecy surrounding the tests.
- Nothing incenses expatriates quite so much as the nation's Byzantine bureaucracy.
- He emailed the photos to some global chiropractic website, garnishing international accolades for himself while incensing his wife.
- The Australian public, never a public to embrace political correctness, was absolutely incensed.
- The other night when I was talking to my mother she was incensed that I wouldn't get any credit for this writing.
- A local woman was incensed and began a local petition to campaign to make the council change its mind.
- The other unions are understood to be equally incensed.
Synonyms enrage, infuriate, anger, madden, send into a rage, outrage, inflame, exasperate, antagonize, provoke, irritate greatly, rile, gall informal make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, make someone's hackles rise, get someone's back up, hack off, drive mad/crazy, drive up the wall, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get up someone's nose, rattle someone's cage British informal wind up, get on someone's wick, nark North American informal burn up, tick off, gravel vulgar slang piss off British vulgar slang get on someone's tits rare empurple enraged, very angry, irate, furious, infuriated, angered, in a temper, raging, incandescent, fuming, seething, beside oneself, outraged, in high dudgeon informal mad, hopping mad, wild, livid, as cross as two sticks, boiling, apoplectic, aerated, hot under the collar, on the warpath, up in arms, with all guns blazing, foaming at the mouth, steamed up, in a lather, in a paddy, in a filthy temper, fit to be tied British informal shirty, stroppy North American informal sore, bent out of shape, soreheaded, ticked off Australian/New Zealand informal ropeable, snaky, crook West Indian informal vex British informal, dated in a bate, waxy vulgar slang pissed off North American vulgar slang pissed literary wrathful, ireful, wroth
OriginLate Middle English (in the general sense 'inflame or excite someone with a strong feeling'): from Old French incenser, from Latin incendere 'set fire to'. nounˈɪnˌsɛnsˈinˌsens 1A gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces. 香（树脂、香料等燃烧可得香气的物质） Example sentencesExamples - He could see the cloth wrapped crystal next to the burned out incense stick.
- They lit candles, chanted oaths, and burned incense.
- I turned on the CD player and watched as Amanda lit the incense.
- He then lit the incense and let the smoke rise for a few moments before taking it and walking around the room muttering the same words he had spoken before.
- We step inside and the smell of burning incense hits me like a lightning bolt.
- Thinking of people close to me, lit a candle and burnt incense in memory of them.
- Instead, they burn incense and other sweet odors and light candles.
- I've also dedicated recent writing to her and burned incense to her almost daily.
- Myrrh is a fragrant gum resin used in making incense, perfume, and herbal medicine, and in ancient times it was also employed in embalming.
- I lit some incense and laid down flowers and choked my way through the Scriptures.
- The entire congregation later filed past the head of the coffin each member making a sign of the cross with a strange implement whilst on the coffin a small salver of incense smoked away.
- We would then all bow before the shrine, and my father would place incense on the altar.
- Impressionist paintings hung on the walls and sandalwood incense released a sweet scent.
- In the morning sunshine, local villagers climbed up to the mountain, burnt incense and prayed.
- Set the incense cone directly atop the lighting point on the trail.
- There will be a statue of Buddha, candles, and an incense burner.
- She always had some sandalwood incense burning when she sang, or wrote.
- When the time comes, settle yourself in front of the area, light the candle, and open the bottle of perfume or light the incense.
- You could burn incense sticks or light a scented candle.
- The people also held various kinds of burial rituals and burnt incense on special days.
Synonyms perfume, fragrance, scent - 1.1 The smoke or perfume of incense.
焚香时的烟，香气 Example sentencesExamples - Priests chanted prayers and read from sacred texts as incense wafted from the corners of the temple.
- The room was lit almost completely by soft candlelight, and the air was perfumed by sweet-smelling incense, and men smoking pipes filled with herbal concoctions.
- And his hair still smelled like incense and spices.
- The reception area smells of incense and curry.
- Luxurious silks drape the walls, candles flicker and the smell of incense fills the air.
- Automatically, his senses registered the smell of incense wafting through the air.
- Perfumed with incense and sandalwood and synonymous with soap and silk, it is among the most beautiful cities in the country.
- The air in the church had been redolent with incense, thick and sweet-smelling.
- All you see is the mist of thick and perfumed incense.
- She took in one final breath of the scent of the jasmine incense, the scent of the Goddess, one Angharad had adopted for herself.
- The sweet smell of incense filled Hitomi's nose, making her feel slightly light-headed.
- Orthodox priests held a memorial service, and the blue smoke of incense smoke curled in the hot summer air.
- The air eddies with charcoal smoke and incense.
- I never imagined I would be laying here, with the scent of incense and jasmine filling my nose, lying this close to anyone, nearly drowning in them.
- The great defender of traditional liturgy could also be its critic when he thought the fog of incense was merely hiding a vacancy at the altar.
- But it returns to a recent past, in a softly lit yoga hall decorated in muted earthly tones and perfumed with incense.
- The room was filed with stale smoke and faint incense, mixed with a strong odor of wine and ale.
- The sweet smell of incense wafted in the evening wind.
- The pungent aroma of incense filled the corridor as the door opened wider.
verbˈɪnˌsɛnsˈinˌsens [with object]Perfume with incense or a similar fragrance. 熏香 the aroma of cannabis incensed the air 大麻的香气熏香了空气。
OriginMiddle English (originally as encense): from Old French encens (noun), encenser (verb), from ecclesiastical Latin incensum ‘something burnt, incense’, neuter past participle of incendere ‘set fire to’, from in- ‘in’ + the base of candere ‘to glow’. verbinˈsensɪnˈsɛns [with object]Make (someone) very angry. 使发怒，激怒 she was incensed by the accusations Example sentencesExamples - However local hoteliers reacted angrily to the publishing of results and are incensed at the secrecy surrounding the tests.
- I was absolutely incensed and outraged at their stupid bureaucracy and lack of compassion.
- Nothing incenses me more than hearing that they are making money out of my misery.
- The head of the committee in charge of overseeing the site has since walked out and accusations have been flying over exactly who is to blame for the delays that are increasingly incensing New Yorkers.
- The other unions are understood to be equally incensed.
- The locals were incensed and came out of their homes to argue with the British soldiers.
- A local woman was incensed and began a local petition to campaign to make the council change its mind.
- The Australian public, never a public to embrace political correctness, was absolutely incensed.
- The other night when I was talking to my mother she was incensed that I wouldn't get any credit for this writing.
- That's the real reason I'm so incensed about this ban on the growing and consumption of cannabis.
- Residents were incensed that police had fired some 45 shots in their neighborhood in the attempt to capture Jones.
- The fans were incensed as the Frenchman lay still before a stretcher appeared then quickly disappeared.
- Local soccer lovers were incensed and felt cheated when Bucks announced the match would be played in Port Elizabeth.
- Both times Sweden players, angered by the cheating and incensed by the lack of punishment, shouted at officials.
- He emailed the photos to some global chiropractic website, garnishing international accolades for himself while incensing his wife.
- The industry has been incensed by suggestions that they are benefiting from the crisis.
- Locals from Mountmellick are incensed by the amount of household rubbish that is being illegally dumped in areas of the town.
- Nothing incenses expatriates quite so much as the nation's Byzantine bureaucracy.
- At least one artist was incensed by the curatorial insistence on deferring to local sensitivities.
Synonyms enraged, very angry, irate, furious, infuriated, angered, in a temper, raging, incandescent, fuming, seething, beside oneself, outraged, in high dudgeon enrage, infuriate, anger, madden, send into a rage, outrage, inflame, exasperate, antagonize, provoke, irritate greatly, rile, gall
OriginLate Middle English (in the general sense ‘inflame or excite someone with a strong feeling’): from Old French incenser, from Latin incendere ‘set fire to’. |