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incense

noun
🔊/ˈɪnsens/
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[uncountable]
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  1. a substance that produces a pleasant smell when you burn it, used particularly in religious ceremonies香（尤指宗教礼仪用的）
    • Incense burned in a corner of the room.香在房间的一个角落里点着。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + incense
    • burn
    • light
    incense + verb
    • burn
    incense + noun
    • stick
    • burner
    phrases
    • a scent of incense
    • a smell of incense
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    Word Originnoun Middle English (originally as encense): from Old French encens (noun), encenser (verb), from ecclesiastical Latin incensum ‘something burnt, incense’, neuter past participle of incendere ‘set fire to’, from in- ‘in’ + the base of candere ‘to glow’.

incense

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they incense
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he / she / it incenses
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past simple incensed
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past participle incensed
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-ing form incensing
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  1. incense somebody to make somebody very angry激怒；使大怒
    • The decision incensed the workforce.这个决定激怒了全体员工。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He incensed people with the comments he made at the press conference.他在新闻发布会上发表的评论激怒了人们。
    • She was too incensed by what she had heard to answer.她对所听到的回答太生气了。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originverb late Middle English (in the general sense ‘inflame or excite someone with a strong feeling’): from Old French incenser, from Latin incendere ‘set fire to’.