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perfume

noun
🔊/ˈpɜːfjuːm/
🔊/pərˈfjuːm/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a liquid, often made from flowers, that you put on your skin to make yourself smell nice香水 synonym fragrance (2), scent (3)
    • a bottle of expensive perfume一瓶昂贵的香水
    • We stock a wide range of perfumes.我们备有各种各样的香水。🔊🔊
    • the perfume counter of the store商店的香水柜台
    • She was wearing too much perfume.她喷了太多的香水。🔊🔊
    • There was strong smell of cheap perfume in the car.车上散发出廉价香水的强烈气味。
    Extra Examples
    • He caught a faint whiff of her expensive perfume.他闻到了她身上一股淡淡的昂贵香水的味道。
    • She dabbed some perfume on her wrists.她在手腕上搽了点儿香水。
    • She reeked of cheap perfume.她身上散发出廉价香水难闻的气味。
    • She works on the perfume counter.她在香水柜枱工作。
    • The letter had been sprayed with perfume.这封信上面喷了香水。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • expensive
    • cheap
    • strong
    • …
    … of perfume
    • bottle
    verb + perfume
    • use
    • wear
    • spray
    • …
    perfume + noun
    • bottle
    • oil
    • counter
    • …
    phrases
    • a waft of perfume
    • a whiff of perfume
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  2. a pleasant, often sweet, smell芳香；香味；馨香 synonym scent
    • the heady perfume of the roses玫瑰扑鼻的香味
    Extra Examples
    • The perfume of the roses filled the room.房间里弥漫着玫瑰花的芳香。
    • You could smell the perfume of the lilies.你可以闻到百合的香味。
    • The perfume of orange blossom filled the air.橙花的香水充满了空气。
    • The roses gave off a heady perfume.玫瑰散发出令人陶醉的香气。
    • The lilies release their heady perfume in the evening.百合花在夜间散发出扑鼻的芳香。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sweet
    • heady
    • strong
    • …
    verb + perfume
    • smell
    perfume + verb
    • fill something
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    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting pleasant-smelling smoke from a burning substance, especially one used in fumigation): from French parfum (noun), parfumer (verb), from obsolete Italian parfumare, literally ‘to smoke through’.

perfume

verb
🔊/ˈpɜːfjuːm/
🔊/pərˈfjuːm/
[often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they perfume
🔊/ˈpɜːfjuːm/
🔊/pərˈfjuːm/
he / she / it perfumes
🔊/ˈpɜːfjuːmz/
🔊/pərˈfjuːmz/
past simple perfumed
🔊/ˈpɜːfjuːmd/
🔊/ˈpɜːrfjuːmd/
past participle perfumed
🔊/ˈpɜːfjuːmd/
🔊/ˈpɜːrfjuːmd/
-ing form perfuming
🔊/ˈpɜːfjuːmɪŋ/
🔊/pərˈfjuːmɪŋ/
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  1. perfume something (with something) (literary) (especially of flowers尤指花) to make the air in a place smell pleasant使香气弥漫 synonym scent
    • The garden was perfumed with the smell of roses.花园里弥漫着玫瑰的芳香。🔊🔊
    • One bloom has the power to perfume a whole room.一朵花可以散发整个房间的香气。
  2. perfume something (with something) to put perfume in or on something在…上洒香水；抹香水
    • She perfumed her bath with fragrant oils.她沐浴时在浴缸内洒了些芳香油。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting pleasant-smelling smoke from a burning substance, especially one used in fumigation): from French parfum (noun), parfumer (verb), from obsolete Italian parfumare, literally ‘to smoke through’.