名人教你讲英文：有关气味的惯用语

名人教英文：有关气味的惯用语

smell作为名词时解作气味，作动词时则可解为嗅到或发出气味。

smell something/ somewhere up指令某对象或地方沾有难闻的气味。例如：i knew mary was around as her perfume had already smelled the room up.

smell亦指凭直觉察觉到。例如：i could smell trouble as he walked to me looking irritated (烦躁).

smell a rat比喻感觉到某人或某事有不妥，虽然一下子不能清楚说出问题何在。例如：the company claims that it made huge profits last year, but i smell a rat.

不同的“气味”可用来比喻不同的事态。smell fishy用以形容令人怀疑的事物，例如：the report, which claims the company made huge profits last year, smells fishy to me. 顺带一提，rat可以指骗子，而fishy一字本身也可用来形容可疑的人或事。

come out/up smelling like roses解作经历诚信危机后，声誉仍然没有受损。例如：he came up smelling like roses despite the rumour (传言) that he was involved in money laundering (洗黑钱).