perfume

英 ['pɜːfjuːm] 美[pɚ'fjum]

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复数: perfumes;第三人称单数: perfumes;过去式: perfumed;过去分词: perfumed;现在分词: perfuming;形容词: perfumed;

perfume 香水

per-,完全的，fume,烟气，烟熏。其原义为烟熏消毒，后引申词义香水。

perfume: perfume: [16] The -fume of perfume is the same word as English fumes, but whereas fumes has gone downhill semantically, perfume has remained in the realms of pleasant odours. It comes from French parfum, a derivative of the verb parfumer. This was borrowed from early Italian parfumare, a compound formed from the prefix par- ‘through’ and fumare ‘smoke’, which denoted a ‘pervading by smoke’. When it first arrived in English, the semantic element ‘burning’ was still present, and perfume denoted the ‘fumes produced by burning a substance, such as incense’, but this gradually dropped out in favour of the more general ‘pleasant smell’.
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perfume (n.): 1530s, "fumes from a burning substance," from Middle French parfum (16c.), from parfumer "to scent," from Old Provençal perfumar or cognate words in dialectal Italian (perfumare) or Spanish (perfumar), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + fumare "to smoke" (see fume (n.)). Meaning "fluid containing agreeable essences of flowers, etc.," is attested from 1540s.
perfume (v.): 1530s, "to fill with smoke or vapor," from perfume (n.) or from Middle French parfumer. Meaning "to impart a sweet scent to" is from 1530s. Related: Perfumed; perfuming.

2. There were two lemon trees and I paused to enjoy their perfume.: 那里有两棵柠檬树，我不禁驻足品味柠檬的芬芳。

3. She dabbed a drop of the musky perfume behind each ear.: 她在两耳后分别擦上一小滴麝香香水。

4. Amy thought she caught the faintest drift of Isabel's flowery perfume.: 埃米觉得她闻到了伊莎贝尔身上飘出的一丝极微弱的花香味香水的味道。

5. He sniffed the perfume she wore, then gave her a quick survey.: 他闻了闻她身上的香水味，然后又飞快地打量了她一眼。