| 词汇 | perfume |
| 释义 | perfume noun uk /ˈpɜː.fjuːm/ us /ˈpɝː.fjuːm/ A2[ C or U ] a liquid with a pleasant smell, usually made from oils taken from flowers or spices and often used on the skin: 香水 What perfume are you wearing?你用的是什么香水？ She adores French perfume.她非常喜欢法国香水。 [ U ] a pleasant natural smell: 香味 The perfume of the roses filled the room.玫瑰的香味充满了整个房间。 a smell smellWhat's that terrible smell? aromaThe delicious aroma of fresh bread wafted out of the bakery. fragranceI adore the delicate fragrance of roses. perfumeThe perfume of the flowers filled the room. scentShe smelled the sweet scent of the lilies. odourUKThere was the unmistakable odour of sweaty feet. She dabbed a little perfume behind her ears.她在耳朵后面点了些香水。 He bought his wife some duty-free perfume.他给妻子买了一些免税香水。 She loved the wonderful musky perfume of the library. The evening was cool and pleasant, with the faintest perfume of apple blossoms upon the breeze. Toiletry & perfumes aftershave agarbatti air freshener bath bomb bath salts binturong emery board musk nail scissors sanitary shave shower gel SPF swab toilet soap toothpick unscented washbag wax melt ylang-ylang You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Smells & smelling perfume verb[ T ] uk /ˈpɜː.fjuːm/ us /pɚˈfjuːm/ to make something or somewhere smell pleasant: In the evening, the flowers perfume the air. The cobbled streets were perfumed by wood smoke. The air is perfumed by breezes from the nearby Pacific. A drop of essential oil on a handkerchief will perfume a room if left on a radiator. Thyme's invigorating aroma not only perfumes the chicken but also your kitchen. Smells & smelling acridly anosmic bergamot deodorize deodorizing fragrant fullness fusty malodorous minging niff olfactory nerve orangey petrichor piny pungency smelly sniff stagnant stink perfume | American Dictionaryperfume noun[ C/U ] us/ˈpɜr·fjum, pərˈfjum/ a liquid produced and sold for its strong, pleasant smell, often used on the skin: [ U ]She put a few drops of perfume on the back of her neck. Examples of perfumeperfume The women were asked not to use perfumes at bedtime, but otherwise we did not interfere with their usual habits. Synthetic perfumes were effective when painted on huddling animals. No long bills to barbers and hairdressers for powder and perfumes was in his charges. He smelt strongly of perfumed oil and carried with him a number of peacock feathers and a bundle of grubby charms. French, on the other hand, was reserved for fashion, watches, food, and perfumes. The verb becomes the material of an unknown language that tries to communicate the sense of something lived, perfumed, something unreal and sensible. He became the kind of person who inherently has that ability to evoke the impressions and feelings the perfumes effected on other people. The perfumes he wore were his social identities, much as each person has a multitude of social identities. In the blessed land of my fathers a heaven awaits us; there the air is perfumed, the soil is fragrant with flowers. The fields were sown with exquisite flowers, which tinted the emerald green with which nature garbed them ; their fragrance and odour perfumed the air. Anyone who has taken part in a wine tasting, or observed professional testing of food flavors or perfumes, knows that the human sense of smell has extraordinary capacities for discrimination. We have already noted the sense of smell in our examination of the effect of the subtle essences and perfumes which emanate from the trees and herbs at a site. One should not forget other commonly used substances, such as bleach and hair dye or nail polish and perfumes, which may well be left out in the bathroom or bedroom. If an expensive, well-known brand of perfume was for sale on a market stall, would you be suspicious? I would rather see cosmetics and perfumes effectively prevented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of perfume These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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