常見(jiàn)的英語(yǔ)同義詞50組(2)

 29.味道

smell: The most general one.

It refers to something pleasant or unpleasant.

odo(u)r: (fml) More used in scientific articles.

fragrance: A sweet or pleasant smell.

It refers to flowers and stresses a delicate smell from plants.

Those roses have a delightful fragrance.

scent: A smell esp. left by an animals, an pleasant smell.

Our dog lost the fox's scent.

perfume: A sweet or pleasant smell.

It refers to either natural smell or a man-made smell  and stresses a strong and rich smell compared  with fragrance

aroma: A strong usu pleasant smell, often a spicy smell.

flavor: The particular quality of tasting good or pleasantly strong. The bread hasn't much flavor.

savor: The smell of food by the processes of cooking.

The meat had cooked too long and lost its savor.

stink: A strong unpleasant smell. the stink of sweaty feet.

stench: A very strong unpleasant smell.

30.怕

fear: The feeling that one has when danger is near.

(可怕) dread: A great fear esp. of some harm to come.

It suggests fear of facing whatever is coming. Usually dread also means loss of courage.

Illness is the great dread of his life.

(畏懼) fright: The feeling or experience of fear. sudden great fear.

I nearly died of fright at the sight of escaped lion.

(恐慌) alarm: Sudden fear and anxiety as caused by the possibility of

danger and excitement caused by fear of danger.

The news caused great alarm.

(恐懼) terror: Extreme and intense fear.

The people ran from the enemy in terror.

(恐怖 戰(zhàn)栗) horror: A feeling of great shock, fear and dislike.

I cried out in horror as I saw the man killed.

(驚恐萬(wàn)狀) panic: Sudden uncontrollable quickly-spreading fear or terror, which results in unreasonable and frantic activity.

When I realized the situation I got into a panic.

(敬畏) awe: A feeling respect mixed with fear and wonder.

He always stands in awe of his father.

31.閃光

shine: The most general one.

(閃耀) glitter: To shine brightly with flashing points of light.

All that glitters is not gold.

(發(fā)火花) sparkle: To shine in small flashes.

It suggests uneven, bright flashes reflected from light-catching objects.

We can see a diamond sparkling in the sunlight.

(閃光) flash: To give out a sudden and monetary bright ray of light/

To shine suddenly for a moment.

(閃耀) glisten: To shine from or as if from a wet surface.

His hair glistened with oil. The wet road glistened.

(閃爍) gleam: To send out a bright light moderately, mildly not violently.

A cat's eye gleamed in the dark. The lantern gleamed.

(冒火花) spark: To send out small bits of fire.

He was so angry that his eyes sparked furiously.

(閃爍不定) flicker: To burn unsteadily, shine with an unsteady light.

The candle flickered and then went out.

glimmer: To give a very faint, unsteady light.

The lights glimmered in the distance.

(閃爍) twinkle: To shine with a unsteady light that rapidly changes from fright to faint.

The stars are twinkling in the sky in the evening.

glow: To give out heat and/or light without flames or smoke.

The iron bar was heated until it glowed.

(閃爍) glint: To give out small flashes of light, as the eyes of an eager person are supposed to do

The sun glinted through the leaves after the shower.

(眩光) glare: To shine with a strong light in a way unpleasant to the eyes.

The lights of the car glared at me.

flame: To burn brightly.

You can see the burning log flaming.

(冒火苗) blaze: To burn with a bright flame.

the house is blazing.

(閃閃燃燒) flare: To burn with a bright flame, but uncertainly or for a  short time.

The candles flared in the wind.

dazzle: To make unable to see because of a sudden very strong light.

The headlight dazzles.

coruscate: (fml) to flash, sparkle.

The sparks coruscated.

scintillate:

The gems scintillate.