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| 1 | the part of your face above your mouth that you use for smelling and breathing . The two holes in your nose are called nostrils 鼻子 |
| Her nose is bleeding. 她的鼻子在流血。 |
| Hold your nose (=press the two sides of it) and put your head under the water. 捏住鼻子，然后把头伸入水中。 |
| I’ d like to punch him on the nose. 我真想揍扁他的鼻子。 |
| sb’ s nose is running (=sb has liquid coming out of their nose) Can you pass me a tissue – my nose is running. 某人在流鼻涕 |
| a runny nose (=a nose with liquid coming out of it) a group of dirty children with runny noses 流着鼻涕的鼻子 |
| blow your nose (=to force liquid out of your nose) Excuse me, I just need to blow my nose. 擤鼻子 |
| pick your nose (=remove bits of waste from your nose with your finger) Stop picking your nose! 抠鼻子 |
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| 2 | the front part of an aircraft （飞机的）机头 |
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| - | cut off your nose to spite your face
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| to do something because you want to harm someone else but really harm yourself more |
| 想害别人却害了自己 |
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| - | get (right) up your nose BRITISH informal
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| to annoy you a lot |
| 惹人发火；使人恼怒 |
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| - | have a (good) nose for sth
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| to have the ability to find or recognize something |
| 善于发现某事物；对某事物很敏感 |
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| He had a nose for a good news story. 他善于发现好的新闻素材。 |
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| - | it’ s no skin off my nose informal
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| used for emphasizing that a particular situation will not cause you any problems |
| 不会引起任何麻烦 |
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| - | keep your nose clean
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| to behave well and not break any rules or laws |
| 不惹事生非；安分守己；洁身自好 |
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| - | keep your nose out mainly spoken
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| used for telling someone that you do not want them to know about things that are private |
| 别打听；不要探问 |
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| Keep your nose out of my business. 不要打听我的事情。 |
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| - | keep sb’ s nose to the grindstone
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| to make someone keep working hard |
| 让某人埋头苦干；使某人不停地干活 |
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| - | look down your nose at
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| to behave in a way that shows you think someone or something is not good enough for you |
| 瞧不起；不把…放在眼里；蔑视 |
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| She looks down her nose at most men. 她瞧不起大多数的男人。 |
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| - | nose to tail
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| if cars are nose to tail , they are moving slowly in a long line with not much space between them |
| （汽车）首尾相衔，一辆紧挨一辆 |
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| - | pay through the nose informal
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| to pay a price that is much higher than it should be |
| 花高价；付过高的费用 |
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| - | poke/shove/stick your nose in
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| to show too much interest in things that are someone’ s private business |
| 打听；探问；探寻 |
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| You have no right to poke your nose into my affairs! 你无权过问我的事! |
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| - | put sb’ s nose out of joint
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| to do something that will annoy someone |
| 冒犯某人；惹恼某人 |
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| - | rub sb’ s nose in sth
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| to keep reminding someone about something unpleasant that they do not want to think about |
| 向某人不停地提起不愉快的事；老是揭某人的疮疤 |
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| - | thumb your nose at
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| to show that you do not respect someone or something |
| 对…嗤之以鼻；对…表示轻蔑 |
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| - | turn your nose up (at sth) informal
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| to refuse to accept something , especially because you do not think it is good enough |
| 不接受（某事物）；（尤指）不把（某事物）放在眼里 |
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| - | under your nose
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| if something happens under your nose , it happens in a place or situation where you should notice it , but you do not |
| 就在你的面前；就在你眼皮底下 |
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| They were dealing drugs right under the noses of the police. 他们就在警察的眼皮底下交易毒品。 |
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| - | with your nose in the air
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| with an attitude that shows that you think you are better than other people |
| 鼻子朝天地；目中无人地 |
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| See also | | - follow | | - plain 1 1a | |
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