Odours are also essential cues in social bonding.
气味也是社会联系的基本线索。
Odours affect us on a physical, psychological and social level.
气味在身体、心理和社会层面都影响着我们。
Nor can odours be recorded: there is no effective way to either capture or store them over time.
气味也不能被记录下来:没有有效的方法能够捕捉或储存它们。
Odours, unlike colours, for instance, cannot be named in many languages because the specific vocabulary simply doesn't exist.
例如,与颜色不同的是,气味在许多语言文字中都无法命名,因为特定的词汇根本不存在。
Our noses are able to recognise thousands of smells, and to perceive odours which are present only in extremely small quantities.
"我们的鼻子能够识别成千上万种气味,也可以感知那些极其微量的气味。
In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults can often identify their children or spouses by scent.
事实上,婴儿在出生后不久就能识别出母亲的气味,而成年人通常能通过气味识别出自己的孩子或配偶。
Odours are invested with cultural values: smells that are considered to be offensive in some cultures may be perfectly acceptable in others.
气味与文化价值息息相关:在某些文化中被认为是令人讨厌的气味,在另一些文化中却完全可以被接受。
The perception of smell, therefore, consists not only of the sensation of the odours themselves, but of the experiences and emotions associated with them.
因此,嗅觉不仅包括对气味本身的感觉,还包括与之相关的生活体验和情感。
Researchers have still to decide whether smell is one sense or two—one responding to odours properly and the other registering odourless chemicals in the air.
研究者们还需要判断嗅觉到底是一种还是两种感觉,一种感觉回应气味本身,另一种感觉记录空气中无味的化学成分。
Other unanswered questions are whether the nose is the only part of the body affected by odours, and how smells can be measured objectively given the nonphysical components.
其他悬而未决的问题是,鼻子是否是全身中唯一受气味影响的部位,而且考虑到气味的非物质性成分,怎样才能够客观地测定它。
We feel disgust for bad odours.
食物变坏了的味道令人作呕。
Sweet odours exhale from the flowers.
鲜花散发出芳香。
The air is charged with vapour (odours).
空气中充满了水蒸气(各种气体)。
Just before it rains, odours become stronger.
下雨之前,许多气味会变得很浓。
Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made
甜美的死亡造出了最甜美的香气。
In this way, these unpleasant odours are strongly reduced.
这样,这些不愉快的气味是大大减少。
Odours, as from vaults and damp places, came out of the chimneys.
从烟囱中跑出来的气味就像从地下灵堂或潮湿的地方跑出的一样。
The turpentine has strong odours; the dried turnips will be tainted.
松节油有强烈的气味,萝卜干会被污染。
Then up, up, up by steeper steps and odder odours... to the very top.
那么上去,上去,上去,经过更陡的楼梯和更怪的臭气,……直达顶层。
The wine should smell pleasant and clean with fruit and without any odd odours.
酒的味道应该有一种干净的水果芳香,而没有其他的奇怪气味。
The Greeks, on the other hand, simply felt the odours were pleasing to the gods.
希腊人,在另一方面,简单地感受到气味都是令人高兴的神灵。
And while free of slug or snail odours, men's armpits pack a powerful cheesy whiff.
参考译文:男人的腋下虽然没有鼻涕虫或者蜗牛的味道,但是却有一股奶酪的气味。
When presented with hundreds of odours, the nose can simultaneously distinguish only a few.
面对着数百种气味,鼻子只能同时分辨出一部分。
This can include underarm sweat, smelly feet, bad breath or other foul-smelling odours.
这包括腋下出汗、脚臭、口臭或其他难闻的气味。
Plant premises shall have adequate ventilation and be equipped with condensers to control odours.
工厂里应拥有适当的通风,并且装有冷凝器,以控制臭味。
Occurs when unsaturated fatty acids combine with oxygen to produce objectionable flavours and odours.
当不饱和脂肪酸与氧结合时产生令人讨厌的味道和臭味。
It will also reduce waste and odours, and produce a valuable organic fertiliser that is safer than raw manure.
它同时能够减少垃圾和气味,并且产生一种比未经处理的粪便安全许多的有价值的有机肥料。
O , thou beautiful, there in the nest is thy love that encloses the soul with colours and sounds and odours.
啊,美丽的你,你的爱就在窝里,用颜色、声音和香气环绕着灵魂。
For a long time it has been known that stools have distinctive and different odours if there is an infection.
很长一段时间就知道,如果伴有感染的话,粪便会有特征性的不同的气味。
For a long time it has been known that stools have distinctive and different odours if there is an infection.
很长一段时间就知道,如果伴有感染的话,粪便会有特征性的不同的气味。
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