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单词 nostril
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Definition of nostril in English:

nostril

noun ˈnɒstr(ə)lˈnɑstrəl
  • Either of two external openings of the nasal cavity in vertebrates that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves.

    鼻孔

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you just close one nostril and breathe out and then close the other nostril and breathe out you'll notice one of them is more open than the other.
    • A hole is pierced through the skin and cartilage of the nostril.
    • I shuddered as its piercing smell shot through my nostrils and into my poor head.
    • Plug the other nostril and have the child gently blow through the nostril where the object is stuck.
    • The sight sickened her, as the smell reached her nostrils - decay, excrement and urine.
    • Touch your thumb to your right nostril and your ring finger to your left nostril.
    • Their smells floated into his nostrils, each one distinct, unique, intoxicating.
    • Then, with the nosepiece inserted into the nostril, aim the spray towards the inner corner of the eye.
    • Humans may have two nostrils, but these don't necessarily share the same sense of smell.
    • Your surgeon will make cuts inside your nostrils to reach the bone and cartilage.
    • I could see the group standing nervously on the river bank, their nostrils flaring wildly.
    • He was about to reach shore, but then the haunting smell reached his nostrils again.
    • The trunk is actually an elongation of the nose and has nostrils on the tip.
    • By their shape, she must have assumed that they were to be fitted into her nostrils.
    • Tilt their head back, lift up the chin, and pinch the nostrils together.
    • Place your index finger of your right hand between your eyebrows, your thumb on your right nostril and your ring finger on your left nostril.
    • Both specimens were obtained without instillation of any solution into the nostrils.
    • Fluid was collected from the left nostril and found to be sterile.
    • The jelly or nose spray is put just inside your nostril on the septum.
    • So if you're putting it into your right nostril you should lean towards your right ear, with your head forward.

Derivatives

  • nostrilled

  • adjective
    • He was also notorious for a series of political cartoons in which he represented the Communists by a three-nostrilled man.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It wast the voice of a snotty-nostrilled child sitting in a pool and putting shellfish in her drawers.

Origin

Old English nosterl, nosthyrl, from nosu 'nose' + thȳr(e)l 'hole'.

  • nose from Old English:

    The Latin root of nose is nasus, which is the source of our word nasal (Middle English), and is also related to ness (Old English), meaning a headland or promontory. A nostril (Old English) is literally a ‘nose hole’. In Old English the word was spelled nosterl or nosthyrl, and came from nosu ‘nose’ and thyrl ‘hole’. Nozzle was originally an early 17th slang form of ‘nose’. To cut off your nose to spite your face was proverbial in both medieval Latin and French, and has been found in English since the mid 16th century. Since the 1780s a nose has been a spy or police informer. The idea of such a person being a ‘nose’, or ‘sticking their nose in’, is also found in words such as nark and snout, and in nosy. The first nosy parker appeared in a postcard caption from 1907, ‘The Adventures of Nosey Parker’, which referred to a peeping Tom in Hyde Park. Nosy itself goes back to 1620, in the sense ‘having a big nose’, and to at least the 1820s in the sense ‘inquisitive’. The common surname Parker was originally a name for the caretaker of a park or large enclosure of land.

Definition of nostril in US English:

nostril

nounˈnɑstrəlˈnästrəl
  • Either of two external openings of the nasal cavity in vertebrates that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves.

    鼻孔

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their smells floated into his nostrils, each one distinct, unique, intoxicating.
    • I could see the group standing nervously on the river bank, their nostrils flaring wildly.
    • He was about to reach shore, but then the haunting smell reached his nostrils again.
    • Tilt their head back, lift up the chin, and pinch the nostrils together.
    • Humans may have two nostrils, but these don't necessarily share the same sense of smell.
    • Your surgeon will make cuts inside your nostrils to reach the bone and cartilage.
    • Touch your thumb to your right nostril and your ring finger to your left nostril.
    • So if you're putting it into your right nostril you should lean towards your right ear, with your head forward.
    • By their shape, she must have assumed that they were to be fitted into her nostrils.
    • I shuddered as its piercing smell shot through my nostrils and into my poor head.
    • The sight sickened her, as the smell reached her nostrils - decay, excrement and urine.
    • The jelly or nose spray is put just inside your nostril on the septum.
    • A hole is pierced through the skin and cartilage of the nostril.
    • Plug the other nostril and have the child gently blow through the nostril where the object is stuck.
    • Both specimens were obtained without instillation of any solution into the nostrils.
    • Fluid was collected from the left nostril and found to be sterile.
    • If you just close one nostril and breathe out and then close the other nostril and breathe out you'll notice one of them is more open than the other.
    • Then, with the nosepiece inserted into the nostril, aim the spray towards the inner corner of the eye.
    • The trunk is actually an elongation of the nose and has nostrils on the tip.
    • Place your index finger of your right hand between your eyebrows, your thumb on your right nostril and your ring finger on your left nostril.

Origin

Old English nosterl, nosthyrl, from nosu ‘nose’ + thȳr(e)l ‘hole’.

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