词组 | smell of |
释义 | - This fish smells bad. (Not *is smelling* *smells badly*; smell functions like be, so we use an adjective after it: bad; not an adverb: badly; this use is always stative) - What are you doing? - I'm smelling the fish to see if it's all right. (Not *I smell*) (dynamic use) - You smell of soap. The desk smells of varnish. (Not *smell(s) from/with*) (i.e. you have/it has that smell) - I smell/can smell something burning. (Not *smell (something) to burn*) - I love to smell the trees give off that scent of resin. (Not *smell ...to give off*) |
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