| 单词 | nose |
| 释义 | nose (once / 105 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv 4nv Your nose is the body part sticking out of your face (not that pimple, the pointy feature with two nostrils used for smelling). A nose is a sense organ — your nose tells you if the milk's gone bad or the cantaloupe is ripe. Dogs' noses give them even more information, about where their owners have been or which neighbor cats have been hanging out in their yards. If someone says you "have a nose" for something, they mean you're talented at it. As a verb, nose means to pry or meddle, or for an animal to push its nose against or into something. WORD FAMILYnose: nosed, noseless, noses, nosey, nosing, nosy+/nosy: nosier, nosiest, nosily, nosiness USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Trump is considered likely to abandon that pledge, thumbing Uncle Sam’s nose at the world’s destitute people. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Valencia was one of those players who shut the game down for United once they got their noses in front. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) The first time, other inmates broke her nose, and the second time, they stomped on her and knocked her unconscious, she said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals he has a cold in the nose Syn|Hypo|Hyper olfactory organ neb, snout a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose rostrum, snoutbeaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snoutinformal terms for the nose conkinformal term for the nose hawk nosea nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk proboscisthe human nose (especially when it is large) pug nosea short nose; flattened and turned up at the end Roman nose, hooknosea nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge proboscis, trunka long flexible snout as of an elephant chemoreceptor a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli 2n the sense of smell (especially in animals) the hound has a good nose Hyper olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents 3n a natural skill he has a nose for good deals Hyper science, skill ability to produce solutions in some problem domain 4v catch the scent of; get wind of The dog nosed out the drugs Syn|Hyper scent, wind smell inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 5v rub noses 2Syn|Hyper nuzzle caress, fondle touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner 1n a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft) the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry Hyper front the side that is seen or that goes first 2n the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon he ducked under the nose of the gun Hyper front the side that is seen or that goes first 3n a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged Syn|Hypo|Hyper nozzle showerhead a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather spout an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain 4v advance the forward part of with caution She nosed the car into the left lane Hyper advance, bring forward cause to move forward 5v push or move with the nose 3Hyper force, push move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" 1n a symbol of inquisitiveness keep your nose out of it Hyper symbol an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance 2v search or inquire in a meddlesome way 4This guy is always nosing around the office Syn|Hyper horn in, intrude, poke, pry look, search search or seek 1n a small distance my horse lost the race by a nose Hyper small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude 2v defeat by a narrow margin Hyper defeat, get the better of, overcome win a victory over |
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