"smell" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

smell verbo

smell + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 70
smell smoke • smell blood • smell one's perfume • smell a rat • smell salts • smell the odor • smell the scent • smell one's breath • ...
verbo + smell
Kolokacji: 4
begin to smell • start smelling • report smelling • stop smelling
smell + preposición
Kolokacji: 16
smell out • smell of • smell from • smell on • smell in • ...
smell + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 63
smell good • smell bad • smell sweet • smell faintly • smell fresh • smell strongly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 12
(2) sweet, sweetly, lovely
Kolokacji: 3
(5) strongly, powerfully
Kolokacji: 2
(8) different, differently
Kolokacji: 2
(10) sour, rancid, fragrant
Kolokacji: 3
1. smell sour = zapach cierpki smell sour
2. smell rancid = zapach zjełczały smell rancid
  • He entered the room, which as before smelled stale and rancid.
  • It also smelled rancid, as did everything in the cabin.
  • It's time to throw out your liquid concealer if it separates, appears oily, and/or smells rancid.
  • Rancid cooking oils and fats do not often smell rancid until well after they have spoiled.
  • The air down here smelled dry but rancid, like having your nose rubbed in rotted wood.
  • It filled, almost instantly, with icy cold ditch water which smelled pretty rancid.
  • Some of the budget deal's potential provisions smell rancid.
  • Best of all, he no longer smelled rancid.
  • They smell rancid, the gray beast returned sourly.
  • The cereal had weevils in it, the fish and meat usually smelled rancid.
3. smell fragrant = zapach pachnący smell fragrant
(11) damp, dank, wet
Kolokacji: 3
(12) appetizing, pungent
Kolokacji: 2

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