Dagens Engelsk ord

smell

lukta

Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

smell

1. n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

I love the smell of fresh bread.

2. n. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.

3. v. To sense a smell or smells.

I can smell fresh bread.

Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.

4. v. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of".

The roses smell lovely.

Her feet smell of cheese.

The drunkard smelt like a brewery.

5. v. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.

Ew, this stuff smells.

6. v. (intransitive, figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.

A report smells of calumny.

7. v. (obsolete) To exercise sagacity.

8. v. To detect or perceive; often with out.

9. v. (obsolete) To give heed to.

Svenska > Engelsk

lukta

1. v. to smell; to use one’s nose

Lukta gärna på blommorna! - Feel free to smell the flowers!

2. v. to smell; to emit a smell

Det luktar bränt i köket. - It smells like something is burned in the kitchen.

Uttal

Exempelmeningar

The garbage is giving off a terrible smell.
    Soporna ger ifrån sig en förfärlig stank.
I hate it when my clothes smell of cigarette smoke.
    Jag hatar när mina kläder luktar cigarettrök.
I love the smell the pages of an old book give off when you open it.
    Jag älskar doften av papper när man slår upp en gammal bok.

Repetera tidigare ord

escalator	spanner	earring	air
boot	time	puddle	mirror
ear	eighty	window	pine
necklace	painting	grip	summer

Slumpmässig

hedge	wheat	seventy-four	newspaper
high	seventy-three	stone	thirteen
sandpaper	intersection	fifty-six	small
shower	detergent	bowl	uncle

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