olfactory
US /ɑ:lˈfæktəri/
・UK /ɒlˈfæktəri/
C1 高級
adj.形容詞嗅覺的；嗅覺
Eating starts with an olfactory response to the food
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- When we breathe in, receptor cells in the nose detect molecules in the air and send them to olfactory organs in the brain.
當我們呼吸時，鼻腔裡的受體細胞會偵測空氣中的分子，並將訊號傳送到大腦的嗅覺器官。
- When we breathe in, receptor cells in the nose detect molecules in the air and send them to olfactory organs in the brain.
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- But the ones that I think are closest to us and that we think of most often as olfactory champions are dogs.
但我認為最接近我們，且我們最常認為是嗅覺冠軍的動物，是狗。
- the ones that I think are closest to us and that we think of most often as olfactory champions are dogs.
但我認為最接近我們，且我們最常認為是嗅覺冠軍的動物，是狗。
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- It works by the principle of olfactory distraction.
它的工作原理是分散嗅覺注意力。
- It works by the principle of olfactory distraction.
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- It is true you have a specialized set of neurons in your olfactory bulb that are responsible for smell, as well as a specialized set of neurons in the so-called dentate gyrus of your hippocampus, an area of the brain that's important for memory, in which new neurons appear to be added throughout the lifespan.
而第三種形式，也就是媒體常常提到的那一種，
- It is true you have a specialized set of neurons in your olfactory bulb that are responsible for smell,
確實，你在嗅球（olfactory bulb）中有一群與嗅覺有關的特殊神經元，
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- When you sniff odour, molecules get sucked into your nose and they get captured by a layer of mucus and are then taken to a postage stamp sized area in the top of your nasal cavity called the olfactory epithelium.
當你聞到氣味時，氣味分子會被吸進鼻子裡，然後被一層黏液捕捉，接著被帶到鼻腔頂部一個郵票大小的區域，叫做嗅覺上皮。
- and are then taken to a postage stamp sized area in the top of your nasal cavity called the olfactory epithelium.
這裡面有許多神經元，帶有特殊的受體位點，用來偵測氣味分子並傳送訊號到大腦。
