odour: [13] The Latin noun for ‘smell’ was odor. It was descended from the Indo-European base *od-, source also of the Greek verb ózein ‘smell’ (from which English gets ozone [19]), the Latin verb olēre ‘smell’ (ancestor of English redolent), and the Latin verb olfacere ‘smell’ (source of English olfactory). It passed into English via Anglo-Norman odour. (It has, incidentally, no etymological connection with odious [14], which comes from Latin odium ‘hatred’.) => olfactory, redolent
odour (n.)
chiefly British English spelling of odor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or.
雙語例句
1. The plant has an unpleasant odour and an acrid taste.
這種植物聞著刺鼻，吃著辣口。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was acutely aware of the odour of cooking oil.
他聞到一股濃濃的油煙味。
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3. The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects.
昆蟲很討厭皮膚內維生素的氣味。
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4. The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco.