Smelling

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smell

(n.) The act of one who smells.

(n.) The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.

整理:莱克格斯

• Deerhurst was smelling a bottle of hartshorn, which Sophia's landlady held fast to the end of his nose. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Smelling the grub like a old lady a going to market! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The night was hot, and the shop, close shut and surrounded by so foul a neighbourhood, was ill-smelling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He was a dreadful old man to look at, in a filthy flannel waistcoat, and smelling terribly of rum. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• There doubtless was good cause for objection to the smoky, unpleasant smelling light then produced. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I'll let you know, if you don't bring smelling-salts, cold water, and vinegar, quick, I will. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I was so bewildered that Miss Donny thought the cold had been too severe for me and lent me her smelling-bottle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• His valet stood behind him with a smelling-bottle ready in one hand, and a white handkerchief, saturated with eau-de-Cologne, in the other. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• When I had done he opened them indolently, took his silver smelling-bottle from the table, and sniffed at it with an air of gentle relish. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But Beth's roses are sweeter to me, said Mrs. March, smelling the half-dead posy in her belt. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I slipped it under the sofa cushions, half in, and half out, close by her handkerchief, and her smelling-bottle. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I found the island to be all rocky, only a little intermingled with tufts of grass, and sweet-smelling herbs. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He took the sponge, dipped it in, and moistened the corpse-like face; he asked for my smelling-bottle, and applied it to the nostrils. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Mr. Fairlie shook the silver smelling-bottle at me playfully. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The foul, bad-smelling gases which arise from sewers can be prevented from escaping and passing to streets and buildings by placing charcoal filters at the sewer exits. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Now all of our first seeings and hearings and touchings and smellings and tastings are of this kind. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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