[mass noun]a fragrant liquid typically made from essential oils extracted from flowers and spices, used to impart a pleasant smell to one's body or clothes 香水 [count noun]musk-based perfumes. 我闻到了她身上的一股清新柠檬香水味。 ■a pleasant smell 香气,芳香 the heady perfume of lilacs. 浓烈的紫丁香香气。
verb
[with obj.]impart a pleasant smell to 向…散发香气 just one bloom of jasmine has the power to perfume a whole room. 仅仅一朵茉莉花就可以使整个房间充满香气。 ■(一般作 be perfumed)impregnate (something) with perfume or a sweet-smelling ingredient 使充满香气(或香料) the cream is perfumed with rosemary and iris extracts. 那乳霜有迷迭香和鸢尾提取物的香味。 ■apply perfume to (someone or something) 洒香水于 her hair was oiled and perfumed. 她的头发抹了油并洒了香水。
派生 perfumy adjective 语源
mid 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'