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单词 to bury one's nose in
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to bury one's nose in
(d) to bury one's nose in: to become intently occupied with, spec. to read studiously or intently; so to have one's nose in: to be engrossed with (esp. a book).
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1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i. sig. B1v The foul Fiend took him napping with his nose Betwixt the sheet-leaves of his conjuring Book.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 345 Mr. Weller looked very profound as he delivered this legal opinion; and burying his nose in his tumbler, winked over the top thereof.]
1840 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop I. xx. 204 At this reply Mr. Witherden buried his nose in the flowers again.
1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil ii. 66 He buried his nose deeper between the leaves [of the book], and sat down on the low counter, forgetful alike of his dilemma and his lost friend.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. vi. 91 He..filled his pipe, and buried his nose in ‘Harrington's Oceana’.
1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters iv. 26 ‘What's that you're burying your nose in now?’ and if she faltered, ‘It's the Bible.’
1947 M. Lowry Under Volcano i. 25 Geoffrey's ‘nose was always in a book’.
1968 M. Jones Survivor ii. 33 It was considered anti-social to ‘have your nose stuck in a book’.
1980 M. Bail Homesickness v. 261 Gerald had his nose in a Dictionary of Architectural Terms.
1996 H. Marks Mr Nice (1998) xiv. 375 She had her nose buried in David Leigh's High Time, Lovato's book-of-the-month.
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