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- v. 嗅，闻到未考
n. 嗅觉6 次
Although the cues used by African elephants for long-distance navigation are not yet understood, smell may well play a part.
虽然非洲象用于远距离导航的线索尚不清楚，但嗅觉很可能在其中发挥了作用。
New research suggests that smell is a crucial factor in guiding elephants — and probably other herbivores — to the best food resources.
新的研究表明，嗅觉是引导大象——很可能还有其他食草动物——找到最佳食物资源的关键因素。
They then set up a “food station” experiment, in which they gave the elephants a series of choices based only on smell.
然后他们设置了一个“食物站”实验，让大象仅凭嗅觉做出一系列选择。
(50) The experiment showed that elephants may well use smell to identify patches of trees that are good to eat, and secondly to assess the quality of the trees within each patch.
（50）实验表明，大象很可能利用嗅觉来识别适合取食的树丛，其次还用嗅觉来评估每片树丛中树木的质量。
The study [also] found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity.
研究还发现，朋友之间共享的是嗅觉基因，而不是免疫基因。
Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficult to explain, for now.
为什么嗅觉基因会存在这种相似性，目前还难以解释。
n. 气味2 次
With the smell of coffee and fresh bread floating in the air, stalls bursting with colourful vegetables and tempting cheeses, and the buzz of friendly chats, farmers’ markets are a feast for the senses.
空气中飘荡着咖啡和新鲜面包的香味，摊位上堆满了五颜六色的蔬菜和诱人的奶酪，到处是友好交谈的嘈杂声，农贸市场是一场感官的盛宴。
differentiate smells better than sizes.
辨别气味比辨别大小更强。
v. 散发（...的）气味2 次
“We’d assumed we’d have to give it a moving head and tail, facial features, and put a scent on it to make it smell like a real rat, but that wasn’t necessary,” says Janet Wiles at the University of Queensland in Australia, who helped with the research.
“我们原以为得给它装上能动的头和尾巴、加上面部特征，还要给它喷上气味让它闻起来像真老鼠，但事实证明没有必要，”协助这项研究的澳大利亚昆士兰大学的珍妮特·怀尔斯说。
Said one recorder of events, “The air at twelve leagues’ distance smelt as sweet as a new-blown garden.”
一位事件记录者写道：“在十二里格之外，空气闻起来就像刚刚盛开的花园一样香甜。”