olfactory: [17] Olfactory means etymologically ‘making smell’. It was borrowed from Latin *olfactōrius, a derivative of the verb olfacere ‘smell’. This in turn was a blend of olēre ‘smell’ (source of English redolent and related to odour) and facere ‘make’ (source of English fact, faction, etc). => odour, redolent
olfactory (adj.)
1650s, from Latin olfactorius, from olfact-, past participle stem of olfacere "to get the smell of, sniff," from olere "emit a smell, give off a smell of" (see odor) + facere "to make" (see factitious).
雙語例句
1. Human mind constantly depend on objects which are taken from visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile means.
人的心理不斷地依賴于從視覺，聽覺，嗅覺，味覺和觸覺得到的目標(biāo)。
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2. This olfactory sense develops in the womb.
這一嗅覺在子宮內(nèi)形成。
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3. Repellency is not confined to the olfactory senses.
防護性不只限于嗅覺感官.
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4. It arouses their olfactory sense.
這喚起了他們的嗅覺.
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5. Exposure may produce olfactory fatigue or habituation.