| 释义 |
schnozz U.S. slang.|ʃnɒz|
Also schnoz.
[app. Yiddish: cf. G. schnauze snout, and see next.]
a. The nose, nostril.
1942A. Kober in New Yorker 13 June 19/1, I see she's not occupied excep' she's powderin' her schnoz. 1940L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. 17/1 Schnozz,..the nose. 1967P. Welles Babyhip xx. 131 Mr Cox stuffed a rusty paper clip up his schnozz and broke his nose. 1973R. Hayes Hungarian Game iii. 28 ‘You remember what our boy looks like?’ ‘Gray hair, widow's peak, big schnozz, red ski parka and no luggage.’
b. In fig. phr. (right) on the schnozz, precisely, exactly, on the dot (of time).
1949W. R. Burnett Asphalt Jungle xx. 130 Headlights flashed into the parking-lot, and then went out. ‘This is us, I think,’ said Louis, ‘and right on the schnoz.’ 1967‘E. Queen’ Face to Face xxx. 140 Twenty minutes to twelve on the schnozz. |