a liquid, often made from flowers, that you put on your skin to make yourself smell nice 香水 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. 车里有一股强烈的廉价香水味道。
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb2He 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- expensive
- cheap
- strong
- …
- bottle
- use
- wear
- spray
- …
- bottle
- oil
- counter
- …
- a waft of perfume
- a whiff of perfume
a pleasant, often sweet, smell 芳香；香味；馨香 the heady perfume of the roses 玫瑰扑鼻的香味
Extra ExamplesThe 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. 空气中弥漫着橙花的芳香。 The roses gave off a heady perfume. 玫瑰散发出令人陶醉的香味。 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
- …
- smell
- fill something
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’.