| 释义 |
nosed, a.|nəʊzd|
[f. nose n.]
Such combs. as bottle-, flat-, hawk-, hook-, long-nosed, are given as main words or under the first element.
1. Having a nose like that of some other person or animal.
1505in Facsimiles Nat. MSS. (1865) i. 92 She ys myche lyke nosid vnto the quyn hir moder. 1563B. Googe Eglogs (Arb.) 123 A myghty face..Muche nosed lyke a Turky Cocke. 1622Fletcher Sea-Voy. v. ii, The slaves are nos'd like vultures: how wild they look!
b. (Also well-nosed.) Keen-scented.
1604Middleton Witch i. ii, There's no knavery but is nosed like a dog, and can smell out a dog's meaning. 1625tr. Gonsalivo's Sp. Inquis. 147 The Inquisitors well nosed like the diuell. 1709Steele Tatler No. 73 ⁋8 They have Dogs as well nos'd and as fleet as any.
2. Having a prominent nose.
1896H. O. Forbes Handbk. to Primates I. 252 In the second Sub-family are included the Nosed-Monkeys (Nasalis) of Borneo. |