Scent

(noun.) an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced.

(verb.) catch the scent of; get wind of; 'The dog nosed out the drugs'.

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• As I drew her down into her chair, I was conscious of a scent that I knew, and turning, saw my guardian in the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The scent of lavender came out and perfumed the room. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• There was a scent of eau-de-cologne in the room. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Depend on it, they're on the scent down there; and that if he moved, he'd blow upon the thing at once. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Pompey is the pride of the local draghounds--no very great flier, as his build will show, but a staunch hound on a scent. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Three miles on he came to a spot where a soft perfume was wafted across his path, and he stood still for a moment to inhale the familiar scent. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• All the uses and scents of the brewery might have evaporated with its last reek of smoke. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He was very sensitive to scents, and quick in understanding them. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He whiffed the compound of scents away, as he put down his smoked-out pipe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Light mists arise, and the dew falls, and all the sweet scents in the garden are heavy in the air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• My senses were gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight, and a thousand sights of beauty. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• An uncorked bottle of cologne scents an entire room, the odor of a rose or violet permeates the atmosphere near and far. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Gradually, it subsided to a foot pace, swinging and lumbering upward among the many sweet scents of a summer night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Captain Lydgate's stupidity was delicately scented, carried itself with style, talked with a good accent, and was closely related to Sir Godwin. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was a beautiful letter, highly scented, on a pink paper, and with a light green seal. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And Adolph tossed his head, and passed his fingers through his scented hair, with a grace. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• And it is plain that in the second instance, as in the first, the church scented rebellion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She was not fascinated, only puzzled, by his grinning, his simpering, his scented cambric handkerchief, and his high-heeled lacquered boots. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He wiped his pale face with a large yellow bandanna pocket-handkerchief that was prodigiously scented. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He had a closet in his room, fitted up for the purpose, which smelt of the scented soap like a perfumer's shop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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