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scentsentna pleasant natural smell, or a smell produced by an animal which acts as a signal to other animals香味;(动物的)臭迹The evening air was full of the scent of roses. [C]夜晚的空气中弥漫着玫瑰的香味。The hounds had been on the scent (= following the smell) of the fox for several miles, but they lost it near the river. [C]猎狗几英里一直跟踪着狐狸的臭迹，但是到了河边却失去了线索。"We're on the scent of (= close to discovering) something big, " said the police chief.“我们快要找到重大线索了，”警长说。If you throw/put someone off the scent, you do something to prevent them from discovering something that you do not want them to know about.使…失去线索，使…找不到Scent can also be PERFUME, esp. when it is cheap or low in quality:(尤指廉价或劣质)香水a bottle of scent [U]一瓶香水She put on/was wearing scent. [U]她抹了香水/身上洒着香水。
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