Translations for „smelling“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

smelling salts [ˈsmelɪŋsɔ:lts] N pl MED

smelling salts

ню́хательная соль f

I . smell <Brit, Aus: smelt, smelt Am, Aus: -ed, -ed> [smel] VB intr

1. smell (use sense of smell):

smell

обоня́ть

2. smell (give off odour):

smell

па́хнуть

3. smell (have unpleasant smell):

smell

воня́ть

Phrases:

to smell fishy

подозри́тельно

to come up smelling of roses

необыкнове́нно повезти́ в тру́дной ситуа́ции

II . smell <Brit, Aus: smelt, smelt Am, Aus: -ed, -ed> [smel] VB trans

smell

чу́вствовать за́пах

Phrases:

to smell blood

чу́вствовать за́пах кро́ви

to smell sth a mile off

чу́вствовать что-ли́бо на большо́м расстоя́нии

to smell a rat

чу́ять недо́брое [или нела́дное]

III . smell <Brit, Aus: smelt, smelt Am, Aus: -ed, -ed> [smel] N

1. smell (sense of smelling):

smell

обоня́ние nt

2. smell (odour):

smell

арома́т m

3. smell pej (stink):

smell

вонь f

4. smell (sniff):

smell

ню́ханье nt

smell out VB trans

smell out

выню́хивать

smell out

высле́живать

Usage examples with smelling

smelling salts

ню́хательная соль f

to come up smelling of roses

необыкнове́нно повезти́ в тру́дной ситуа́ции

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They've come a long way from smelling salts.

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Dark, slightly bitter chocolate smelling, inky and sumptuous with lots of dark, cuddly fruit.

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He is also splendidly uninhibited in a series of ridiculous disguises that would have a method actor reaching for his smelling salts.

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There were also pleasant smelling things that were used to make a horse move forward or calm down.

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They have to sit down, have some smelling salts or something.

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The irritant nature of smelling salts means that they can exacerbate any pre-existing cervical spine injury by causing reflex withdrawal from them.

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Lose the garlic and pass the smelling salts.

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The smelling salts worked at once, in fact, and he came round with his appetite sharpened.

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Skunks are probably best known for their ability to spray foul-smelling fluid as a defense against predators.

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The fetid-smelling gleba, the spore-bearing mass, is smeared on the upper inner surface of the columns.

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