| 单词 | inodorous |
| 释义 | inodorous, a.|ɪnˈəʊdərəs|
[f. L. inodōr-us (f. in- (in-3) + odōrus scented, odorous) + -ous.]
a. Destitute of odour; without smell or scent.
1666Boyle Formes & Qual. Wks. 1772 III. 111 Moderately dephlegmed oil of vitriol is wont to be inodorous. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. 82 No water can be thought pure, but such as is perfectly inodorous. 1796C. Marshall Garden. xix. (1813) 377 The single white lilies are very sweet, but the doubles are inodorous. 1871Roscoe Elem. Chem. 86 Carbon dioxide gas is colourless and inodorous, but possesses a slightly acid taste.
b. Malodorous; having an unpleasant smell. Also fig. or transf.
1823Reading Mercury in Spirit of Public Jrnls. M.DCCC.XXIII (1825) 206 The smell at this time was certainly somewhat inodorous, and was like almost any thing but a nosegay. 1858Sat. Rev. 27 Mar. 308/1 Ceremented in inodorous fallacies, he has gone to corrupt amid old arithmetical dross and the rotting refuse of deceased paradoxes. 1861C. M. Yonge Young Step-Mother viii. 98 Brown, inodorous materials for petticoats, blouses, and trowsers.
Hence inˈodorously adv., without smell; inˈodorousness, the quality of being without smell (Webster, 1864).
1859Sala Gaslight & D. xviii. 206 Smoke curling up the chimney (not altogether inodorously). |
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