♦ smell

♦ smell
♦ smell /smɛl/
n.
1 [u] odorato; olfatto; fiuto: Smell is keener in most animals than in man, la maggioranza degli animali ha un olfatto più fine di quello dell'uomo; to have a quick sense of smell, aver buon fiuto
2 odore; olezzo; fragranza; profumo: the smell of gas [of petrol], l'odore del gas [della benzina]; a sweet smell, un buon profumo; a strong smell, un forte odore; a smell of cooking, un odor di cucina
3 cattivo odore; fetore; puzzo; puzza: smell of burning, puzzo di bruciato
4 annusata; fiutata: Take a smell of this wine: it's sour!, da' una fiutatina a (annusa, fiuta) questo vino: è acido!
5 (fig.) sentore; indizio; puzzo
a bad smell, cattivo odore; (fig.) qualcosa che puzza: There's a bad smell about the whole affair, c'è qualcosa che puzza in tutta la faccenda □ sense of smell, senso dell'odorato; olfatto NOTA D'USO: -odour o smell?-.
♦ (to) smell /smɛl/
(pass. e p. p. smelt, o smelled NOTA D'USO: --ed o -t?-)
A v. t.
1 odorare; sentire: Smell this: what is it?, odora questa roba: che cos'è?; I don't (o I can't) smell anything, non sento nessun odore; non sento nulla; to smell st. burning, sentire odore di bruciato
2 annusare; fiutare (anche fig.); sentire l'odore di; subodorare: They smelled danger and ran, hanno fiutato il pericolo e sono fuggiti; Smell the milk and tell me if it's sour, senti l'odore del latte e dimmi se è acido!; I think I can smell gas, mi pare di sentire odore di gas
B v. i.
1 (in senso assoluto, o seguito da un agg.) avere profumo; odorare; mandare odore; avere un certo odore; sapere di: These flowers don't smell, questi fiori non hanno profumo; It smells like cheese, odora di formaggio; This cake smells good, questa torta manda un buon odore; This milk smells sour, questo latte sa di acido; It smells nice, ha un odore gradevole
2 avere l'odorato; sentire gli odori: With this cold, I can't smell at all, con questo raffreddore, non sento proprio nulla
3 (in senso assoluto, o seguito da un avv.) mandare cattivo odore; puzzare: His breath smells, gli puzza l'alito; This fish smells, questo pesce puzza
4 (fig.) puzzare (d'imbroglio)
to smell badly, puzzare □ to smell blood, sentire l'odore del sangue (anche fig.) □ (fam.) to smell fishy, puzzare d'imbroglio; essere sospetto: It smells fishy (to me), la cosa mi puzza! □ (iron., USA) to smell like a rose, profumare di violette; essere una mammoletta □ to smell old, sapere di vecchio (al fiuto) □ (fam.) to smell a rat, fiutare un imbroglio; mangiare la foglia (fig.) □ (slang) to smell the stuff, sniffare (la droga) □ (di una stanza, ecc.) to smell stuffy, sapere di chiuso □ (fam.) to smell to high heaven, puzzare tremendamente; (fig.) puzzare d'imbroglio lontano un chilometro □ (fam.) I smell a rat!, gatta ci cova!

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