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nose/nəʊz/ n. & v.●n. 1 an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, containing nostrils and used for smelling and breathing 鼻子 2a the sense of smell 嗅觉 dogs have a good nose 狗的嗅觉很灵 b the ability to detect a particular thing 觉察力 a nose for scandal 善于打听丑闻 3 the odour or perfume of wine, tea, tobacco, hay, etc. (酒、茶、烟、干草等的)气味(香味) 4 the open end or nozzle of a tube, pipe, pair of bellows, retort, etc. (隧道、管道、风箱或曲颈瓶等)开口一端(或管口) 5a the front end or projecting part of a thing, e.g. of a car or aircraft (如汽车或飞机的)头部；前端突出部分 b = NOSING 6 slang an informer of the police [俚语]向警察告密的人；警察暗探 ●v. 1 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 out)a perceive the smell of, discover by smell 嗅；闻出 b detect 探出；察觉 2 tr. thrust or rub one's nose against or into, esp. in order to smell (用鼻子)拱(或探入) (尤指为了嗅) 3 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 about, around, etc.) pry or search 窥探；探查 4a intr. make one's way cautiously forward 小心翼翼地行 b tr. make (one's or its way) 小心翼翼地行(路) □ as plain as the nose on your face easily seen 一目了然；显而易见 □ by a nose by a very narrow margin 以少许之差 won the race by a nose 赛跑时以一鼻之差胜出 □ count noses count those present, one's supporters, etc.; decide a question by mere numbers 点人数(如出席者、同意者等)；凭人数表决来解决问题 □ cut off one's nose to spite one's face disadvantage oneself in the course of trying to disadvantage another 想害他人反害自己；害人反害己 □ get up a person's nose slang annoy a person [俚语]使某人恼怒 □ keep one's nose clean slang stay out of trouble, behave properly [俚语]洁身自好；不卷入是非 □ keep one's nose to the grindstone see 见 GRINDSTONE □ on the nose 1 N. Amer. slang precisely [北美] [俚语]精确地 2 Austral. slang annoying [澳] [俚语]讨厌的 □ put a person's nose out of joint colloq. embarrass, disconcert, frustrate, or supplant a person [口]使某人尴尬(窘迫不安、受挫)；取代某人 □ rub a person's nose in it see 见 RUB1 □ see no further than one's nose be short-sighted, esp. in foreseeing the consequences of one's actions etc. (尤指在预见行动等的后果方面)鼠目寸光 □ speak through one's nose pronounce words with a nasal twang 鼻音浓重地说 □ turn up one's nose (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 at) colloq. show [口]不把…放在眼里；蔑视 □ under a person's nose colloq. right before a person (esp. of defiant or unnoticed actions) [口]就在某人眼皮底下；当着某人的面(尤指目中无人的或没注意到的行动) □ with one's nose in the air haughtily 傲慢的(骄傲的)；鼻子朝天的；目中无人的 □ nosed adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ noseless adj.[Old English nosu] |