odor

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·dor /ˈəʊdə $ ˈoʊdər/ noun [countable]  the American spelling of odour odour的美式拼法

Examples from the Corpus

odor• Activated charcoal, spread on a pan like baking soda, also alleviates an odor problem.• Neighbors had noticed a foul odor coming from the apartment.• The sulfur compounds, which were not further identified, were suspected of causing the onion-like odor toll takers have complained of.• To them, roach spray may simply carry a nasty odor.• Downtown Atlanta is normally an unhurried place where the noontime odor of fried chicken wafts through the thick humidity.• The mist was getting heavier; so, too, was the rank odor of damp earth.• You can only imagine how the heat intensified the odors of garbage, compost, and manure.• The odor of strong rum made a greasy pass through the room.• On entering the parish hall, he was surprised to smell the unmistakable odor of chicken noodle soup.Origin odor (1200-1300) Old French odour, from Latin odor

o·dor nounChineseSyllable  

the spelling odour Corpus American of

odor

I

o‧dor /ˈəʊdə $ ˈoʊdər/ noun [countable]the American spelling of odour

II

o‧dour British English, odor American English /ˈəʊdə $ ˈoʊdər/ noun [uncountable and countable]
a smell, especially an unpleasant one
    odour of
    the faint odour of damp
    strong/unpleasant/pungent/offensive etc odour
    obnoxious odours from a factory
⇨ body odour
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ smell something that you can recognize by breathing in through your nose: the smell from the kitchen | What’s that awful smell? | the sweet smell of roses
   ▪ whiff something that you smell for a short time: He caught a whiff of her perfume. | a whiff of apple blossom
   ▪ scent a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animal: The rose had a beautiful scent. | Cats use their scent to mark their territory. | the sharp, dying scent of autumn | the heady scent (=strong scent)of magnolias
   ▪ fragrance/perfume a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scent: the sweet perfume of the orange blossoms | Each mango has its own special fragrance.
   ▪ aroma formal a pleasant smell from food or coffee: the aroma of fresh coffee | The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies.
   ▪ odour British English, odor American English formal an unpleasant smell: An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins. | the odor of stale tobacco smoke
   ▪ pong British English informal an unpleasant smell: What’s that horrible pong?
   ▪ stink/stench a very strong and unpleasant smell: I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat. | The toilet gave off a terrible stench.