NY Times; Body Odor

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anthropologist

If you like to go people watching and enjoy studying the ways that humans behave, then you might be a future anthropologist. انسان شناس

perceived

If you sense something is true by instinct, but not necessarily by fact, you can describe that sense as perceived. If you suspect that your neighbor's dog might be dangerous, you can say the dog is a perceived threat to your family's safety. درک شده

Hypothesis

In science, a hypothesis is an idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation. Outside science, a theory or guess can also be called a hypothesis. فرضیه

significance

Significance means having the quality of being "significant" — meaningful, important. It also refers to the meaning of something. A certain date might have significance because it's your birthday or the anniversary of Princess Di's wedding. اهمیت

body odor

Smell from the body

extraordinary

Something extraordinary goes above and beyond what is expected. This can be good or bad. Saving a child from a burning building is an extraordinary act of heroism, but a test score of 11 out of 100 is extraordinary too. خارقالعاده

floral

Something floral has something to do with flowers. A floral perfume smells like roses or lilacs or violets. گلدار

synthetic

Something made of artificial material, not natural items, can be described as synthetic. Some football stadiums have synthetic grass, and a leisure suit from the 1970s might be made of synthetic fabric. مصنوعی

olfactory

Something olfactory has to do with the sense of smell. بویایی

striking

Something striking grabs your attention because it's vivid and surprising. Many twins have a striking resemblance. People in red satin evening gowns, the pyramids in Egypt, and platform heels with fish in them are also striking. قابل توجه

sweat

Sweat is perspiration that makes you feel cooler when it evaporates off the surface of your skin — or the giving-off of this liquid. If you exercise hard, you will sweat

collaborative

The adjective collaborative describes something accomplished by working together with others. With a collaborative effort, a big job can be completed in very little time. مبتنی بر همکاری

particularly

The adverb form of "particular," the word particularly means "in a focused, precise manner." You looked for stones that had the proper qualities, particularly rounded edges and elongated shapes. Careful near the windows. به ویژه

impact

The noun impact can refer to a physical force (like a collision), an influence (a bad role model or a hero), or a strong effect (a foot of snow will have an impact on driving conditions). influence تاثیر

Intensity

The way he stared deep into her eyes was making her uncomfortable. For a first date, this was too much intensity. Intensity is the degree, volume, or magnitude of a thing, such as fire, emotion, weather, work, or passion. درجه و شدت و ....

pungent

Use pungent to describe a taste or smell that gives a sharp sensation. "What is that pungent odor?" is a polite way of suggesting that someone in the room has BO. تند

variation

Variation means a deviation from the norm, like the variation of colors in nature. اختلاف

sequenced

When things come in sequence, they come in a specific order. It could be a chronological sequence, a sequence following a pattern (red-blue-brown, red-blue-brown), or a cause-and-effect sequence. متوالی

findings

a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes یافته ها

Nasal

nose area Anything nasal relates to the nose, including a nasal voice that you can make by pinching your nose.

whiff

noun: A whiff can mean the hint of something you smell. When you drive past the sewage treatment plant and suddenly roll up your car windows, it's usually because you've gotten a whiff of the plant's special odor. verb: drive or carry as if by a puff of air "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"

ancestors

people who came before you in your family

corresponding

showing a direct connection between two things Use the adjective corresponding to describe things that are similar or related. منتناظر

misstated

state something incorrectly "You misstated my position" تحریف

smelly

stinky; having a bad odor

musk

strong, heavy scent مشک

Olfaction

the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

pleasantness

the quality of giving pleasure خوشایند

alter

to change or modify After eating too many gingerbread cookies, she no longer fit into her uniform, so she had a seamstress alter it. It looked pretty much the same. باعث شدن تغییر کردن، تغییر دادنش

sail

to travel on water in a ship or boat

work out

verb find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

ethnically

with respect to ethnicity از نظر قومی

in the first place

در وهله ی اول

primate

پستاندار

Receptors

گیرنده بویایی یا شنوایی یا چشایی بسته به استفاده از این کلمه

rare

If an event is rare, it doesn't happen often. If an object is rare, there aren't many of its kind. Obviously, finding a rare gem is a rare occasion. نادر

stirred up

emotionally aroused از نظر عاطفی به همریخت

cohort

A cohort is a group of people who are around the same age, like a cohort of college students who have similar experiences and concerns. 'گروهی از افراد با یک سن و سال

scent

A scent is a smell. Every house has a particular scent that is recognizable to people as belonging to that house.

association

Association has to do with things that are together, whether in a formal group like the National Basketball Association or just two things that are related, like the association between dogs and parks. وابستگی

cosmetic

Cosmetic refers to how something or someone looks. Visit the cosmetics department of a store if you are looking to buy lipstick, and visit a cosmetic surgeon if you are looking to buy new lips. لوازم آرایشی

degradation

Degradation is the act of lowering something or someone to a less respected state. A president resigning from office is a degradation. It's also a downcast state. Once the president has resigned, he might feel degradation. تنزل

discrimination

Discrimination means distinguishing between two or more people or things. Usually, discrimination means an unfair system that treats one group of people worse than another. فرق گذاشتن

Perception

Each generation has a different perception — view, idea, or understanding — of what is cool. You wouldn't want to walk around in the paisley patterns of the 1960s or the big hair of the 1980s today! ادراک

vertebrates

animals with backbones مهره داران

bind to

combine with a substance through chemical bonding. "these proteins have been reported to bind to calmodulin" متصل شئن

degenerated

decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally. زوال جسمی عقلی یا ...

diverse

different; varied متنوع، گوناگون

prominent, preeminent

famous, A prominent person might be the big star, the head honcho, the top dog — not just any ordinary person. برجسته

evolutionarily

in an evolutionary way; from an evolutionary point of view "The mutation has been evolutionarily successful" به صورت تکاملی


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