perfume

US: /pɝfˈjum/


English Vietnamese dictionary


perfume /'pə:fju:m/
  • danh từ
    • hương thơm; mùi thơm
    • nước hoa; dầu thơm
    • ngoại động từ
      • toả hương thơm vào, toả mùi thơm vào (không khí...)
      • xức nước hoa vào (khăn tay, tóc...)

    Advanced English dictionary


    noun, verb
    + noun
    [C, U]
    1 a liquid, often made from flowers, that you put on your skin to make yourself smell nice: a bottle of expensive perfume + We stock a wide range of perfumes. + the perfume counter of the store + There was strong smell of cheap perfume in the car.
    2 a pleasant, often sweet, smell: the sweet / heady perfume of the roses
    + verb [VN] [often passive] ~ sth (with sth)
    1 (literary) (especially of flowers) to make the air in a place smell pleasant: The garden was perfumed with the smell of roses. + One bloom has the power to perfume a whole room.
    2 to put perfume in or on sth: She perfumed her bath with fragrant oils.
    perfumed adjective: perfumed soap / paper / candles

    Thesaurus dictionary


    n.
    1 essence, extract, parfum, eau-de-Cologne, toilet water, scent, fragrance; aroma, odour, smell, bouquet, nose:
    What is that wonderful perfume you're wearing? The perfume of the wine wafted over to me.
    v.
    2 scent:
    Orange blossoms perfumed the air.

    Collocation dictionary


    1 liquid with a sweet smell that you put on your body

    ADJ.

    expensive | cheap | strong | subtle | fragrant, sweet | exotic | musky | stale

    QUANT.

    bottle

    VERB + PERFUME

    use, wear | dab on, put on, spray on
    She dabbed some perfume on her wrists.
    | smell | reek of, smell of
    She reeked of cheap perfume.

    PERFUME + NOUN

    bottle | company, house

    PHRASES

    a waft/whiff of perfume
    He caught a faint whiff of her expensive French perfume.

    2 pleasant smell

    ADJ.

    sweet | heady, strong | delicate, faint | exotic, strange

    VERB + PERFUME

    smell | give off, release
    The lilies release their heady perfume in the evening.

    PERFUME + VERB

    fill sth
    The perfume of the roses filled the room.


    Concise English dictionary


    perfumes|perfumed|perfumingpər'fjuːm ,pɜr' /pɜː-
    noun
    +a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
    +a distinctive odor that is pleasant
    verb
    +fill or impregnate with an odor
    +apply perfume to