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cologne

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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co·logne /kəˈləʊn $ -ˈloʊn/ (also eau de cologne) noun [uncountable]  DCBa liquid that smells slightly of flowers or plants, that you put on your neck or wrists 科隆香水,古龙水 perfume
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cologneYou acquire gravitas and project it like a cologne whenever you discuss the singular and laudable Salomon Brothers culture.Finally, I donned a pair of pants, tunic top, sandals, and cologne.Nothing but cologne, something discreet and lemony.His cologne reads subdued but intense sensuality.Even if she'd dabbed Mummy's eyes and wiped her brow with a hanky soaked in cologne.He was so near her that she could smell his cool lemony cologne.What you smell good is my cologne.He had shaved too, and the crisp scent of cologne mingled with the fresh fragrance of the soap he had used.
nCologne  na city in northern Germany on the River Rhine. It is a port and an industrial centre. It was bombed during World War II and there was a lot of damage. Its German name is Köln.Origin cologne (1800-1900) eau de cologne
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plants, that liquid slightly that Corpus or smells a of flowers


Cologne
Cologne
a city in northern Germany on the River Rhine. It is a port and an industrial centre. It was bombed during World War II and there was a lot of damage. Its German name is Köln.


cologne
cologne /kəˈləʊn $ -ˈloʊn/ (also eau de cologne) noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: eau de cologne
a liquid that smells slightly of flowers or plants, that you put on your neck or wrists ⇨ perfume


co·logneBrE /kəˈləʊn/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈloʊn/ 🔊 (also eau de cologne) noun [uncountable] a type of light perfume 科隆香水;古龙香水