英语语法问题，考研英语真题长难句。

Question

From the beginning of our history says Hofstadter our democratic and populist urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism.

smell 在这里是动词吗？
smell of 可以怎么用啊

Answer 1

anything that smells of elitism.
是动词，smell of 表示有股…的味道，把它看成及物动词就可以了