| 单词 | to speak through the nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak through (also †in) the (or one's) nose 3. The nose as an organ involved in or affecting speech. Chiefly in to speak through (also †in) the (or one's) nose: to speak in a nasal tone. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] > nose nosec1387 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak nasally to speak through (also in) the (or one's) nose1598 twang1615 snafflea1635 snuffle1634 snoach1844 nasillate1859 snifter1880 c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 123 Ful wel she soong the seruyce dyuyne Entuned in hir nose ful semely. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 231 He speketh thurgh the nose. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 26 (MED) A man spekiþ in his nose whanne þese holis ben sumwhat stoppid. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 2 They sounde hym..a lyttell in the noose. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 14 Sing a note..sometime through: nose . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. i. 4 Ha your instruments bin at Naples, that they speake i'the nose thus? View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. i They did but lisp, or worse, speak through the Nose. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. v. 14 The governor I make choice of shall neither..speak through his nose, or pick it, or blow it with his fingers. 1819 S. Ferrier Marriage II. xv. 202 A scowling, black-browed, hard-favoured creature,..that twirls its thumbs, and turns up its eyes, and speaks through its nose. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxii. 233 He..pays as he speaks..—through the nose. 1869 P. Fitzgerald Fatal Zero I. ix. 91 The lady added, very nasally, that what annoyed her was the English saying that the Americans talked through their noses. 1909 A. Bierce In Defense in Coll. Wks. 33 It's all very well, sir, your scorn to parade Of the high nasal twang of the Yankee maid, But, ah, to my lord when he dares to propose No sound is so sweet as that ‘Yes’ from the nose. 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 76 She spoke through the nose in a way which used to be glamorous—the Jean Arthur style. < as lemmas |
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