odor
(British odour)
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/icons/point.icon におい
smell: 「におい」を表す最も意味の広い語で, 芳香にも悪臭にも用いられるが, 修飾語を伴わない時は悪臭をいう場合が多い
scent: 花･植物などの心地よい香りや, 人･動物などの残すかすかなにおいのことをいい, 後者はしばしば訓練犬がその後を追う場面で用いられる
odor: 〘ややかたく･主に書〙 で, 他と区別できる独特なにおいをいうが, 主に強く不快なにおいをさし, しばしばそのにおいの発生源を意識する
aroma: 〘かたく〙 で, 比較的強い香りで, 食べ物･コーヒーなどの食欲をそそるにおい
fragrance: 花･植物･果物などの甘い香りの他, 香水などの人工のにおいをさす
stink: 〘くだけて〙 で, 鼻をつくような強く不快なにおいをいう
/icons/point.icon SMELL, SCENT, ODOR, AROMA mean the quality that makes a thing perceptible to the olfactory sense.
SMELL implies solely the sensation without suggestion of quality or character.
e.g. an odd smell permeated the room
SCENT applies to the characteristic smell given off by a substance, an animal, or a plant.
e.g. the scent of lilacs
ODOR may imply a stronger or more readily distinguished scent or it may be equivalent to SMELL.
e.g. a cheese with a strong odor
AROMA suggests a somewhat penetrating usually pleasant odor.
e.g. the aroma of freshly ground coffee
noun
1. a distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one:
«…からの» (独特の強い)におい, (嫌な)臭気(smell) «from»
e.g. the odor of cigarette smoke.
2. a lingering quality, impression, or feeling attaching to something:
〖the ～ of A〗 Aの雰囲気, 気配.
e.g. an odor of suspicion.
with adjective the state of being held in a specified regard:
e.g. a decade of bad odor between Britain and the European Community.
PHRASES
be in good odor with someone / be in bad odor with someone
informal be in or out of favor with someone:
e.g. the players were in bad odor with the fans.
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin odor ‘smell, scent’.