陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

acrid/ aroma/ aromatic/ fetid/ fragrant/ noisome/ pungent/ putrid/ redolent/ reek/ scent/ sniff/ stink/ tang/ whiff

1. 只有持續一下子的「一陣味道」叫whiff，「強烈的氣味」可用tang：

•Something good must be cooking: I got a whiff of it.

•The salt tang of the sea air may refresh your energy.

2. 「發出…味道」（尤其是不好的味道）用reek，如果是「發臭」、「產生惡臭」則用stink，它常與of連用：

•The chain-smoker's room reeks with stale tobacco smoke.

•The place stank of decayed fish.

3. 「香味」可用aroma，「芬芳的」、「芳香的」可用aromatic、fragrant或redolent（正式，常接of）：

•I like the aroma of hot lavender tea.

•Aromatic plants are often used in cooking.

•The air in the garden was warm and fragrant.

•The room is redolent of orchid.

•The kitchen was redolent of onions.

4. 「有臭味的」、「惡臭的」可用fetid或noisome，假如指動、植物等「腐臭的」則用putrid：

•The fetid air of the cellar made us queasy.

•The swamp gave off a noisome odor.

•The putrid flesh was thrown away.

5. 指味道「刺激（鼻子或喉嚨）的」可用acrid或pungent，但pungent所造成的刺激感覺有時候是舒服的。另外，acrid還意為「苦澀的」：

•I was quite uncomfortable with the acrid smell of burning wood.

•The pungent whiff of the goat was really terrible.

•The cook coughed because of the pungent aroma of the smoke.

•Please sit down to a cup of wonderfully pungent Italian coffee.

•Good tea is not necessarily acrid.

6. 聞東西時發出鼻息聲，用動詞sniff，動物嗅出、聞出…的存在（獵物等），用動詞scent：

•She sniffed several perfumes but could not decide which was the best for her.

•The dog scented a fox.