c. 1300, from Anglo-French odour, from Old French odor "smell, perfume, fragrance" (12c., Modern French odeur) and directly from Latin odor "a smell, a scent" (pleasant or disagreeable), from PIE *od- "to smell" (cognates: Latin olere "emit a smell, to smell of," with Sabine -l- for -d-; Greek ozein "to smell;" Armenian hotim "I smell;" Lithuanian uodziu "to smell").
Good or bad odor, in reference to repute, estimation, is from 1835. Odor of sanctity (1756) is from French odeur de sainteté (17c.) "sweet or balsamic scent said to be exhaled by the bodies of eminent saints at death or upon disinterment."
雙語例句
1. He is in bad odor with his friends.
他在朋友中聲譽(yù)不佳.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The dump sent out an offensive odor.
垃圾堆散發(fā)出難聞的氣味。
來自辭典例句
3. The whole herb has a characteristic taste and odor.
整株藥草有種獨(dú)特的味道和氣味。
來自辭典例句
4. The flowers of the pink are pink, white and have a pleasant, sharp odor.
石竹花有粉紅色 、 白色、具有一種濃郁的馥香.
來自辭典例句
5. Other unpleasant changes may include odor production or alternations in tactile characteristics.