英语词汇“to make a long nose”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. to make a long nose: to put the thumb to the nose as a gesture of mockery.In quot. 1781 humorously presented as an error for to make a long arm when directed at a person with an unusually long nose (see long arm n.¹ 2). This may be evidence of currency of the phrase to make a long nose in its usual sense.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)] > make derisive gesture

bleara1340

blabber1530

to shoot out1535

pot1549

sleak1674

to make a long nose1828

to thumb one's nose1854

1781 Compl. London Jester (ed. 10) 54 She should be much obliged to him, if he would make a long Nose and reach her the Salt.]

1828 F. E. J. Valpy Etymol. Dict. Lat. Lang. 280/2 Nāsūtus, having a large nose. Also jeering, satirical. As making a long nose by way of ridicule.

1868 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 263 Prawle made a ‘long nose’ in the direction of Goree Piazzas.

1933 ‘R. Crompton’ William—the Rebel x. 187 They merely made long noses at the Outlaws.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 27 June 20 Izzy Grant saw one [sc. a Gremlin]..making a long nose at him as he went into the ditch.

1986 Irish Times 19 Feb. 12/2 Their disdainful society profiles floating beneath coloured crests, like fingers of empty gloves, making a long nose at you.

单词	to make a long nose
释义	> as lemmas to make a long nose f. to make a long nose: to put the thumb to the nose as a gesture of mockery.In quot. 1781 humorously presented as an error for to make a long arm when directed at a person with an unusually long nose (see long arm n.¹ 2). This may be evidence of currency of the phrase to make a long nose in its usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)] > make derisive gesture bleara1340 blabber1530 to shoot out1535 pot1549 sleak1674 to make a long nose1828 to thumb one's nose1854 1781 Compl. London Jester (ed. 10) 54 She should be much obliged to him, if he would make a long Nose and reach her the Salt.] 1828 F. E. J. Valpy Etymol. Dict. Lat. Lang. 280/2 Nāsūtus, having a large nose. Also jeering, satirical. As making a long nose by way of ridicule. 1868 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 263 Prawle made a ‘long nose’ in the direction of Goree Piazzas. 1933 ‘R. Crompton’ William—the Rebel x. 187 They merely made long noses at the Outlaws. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 27 June 20 Izzy Grant saw one [sc. a Gremlin]..making a long nose at him as he went into the ditch. 1986 Irish Times 19 Feb. 12/2 Their disdainful society profiles floating beneath coloured crests, like fingers of empty gloves, making a long nose at you. extracted from nosen. < as lemmas
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