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单词 rub someone's nose in it
释义

nose /nōz/

noun
  1. The projecting part of the face used in breathing, smelling, and to some extent in speaking
  2. The power of smelling
  3. Flair, a faculty for tracking out, detecting, or recognizing (figurative)
  4. Scent, aroma, esp the bouquet of wine
  5. A projecting forepart of anything
  6. A projection
  7. A beak
  8. A nozzle
  9. The projecting edge of a step, a moulding or a mullion
  10. The withered remains of the flower on a gooseberry, apple, etc, opposite the stalk
  11. The connecting part of a pair of spectacles
  12. An informer (slang)
transitive verb and intransitive verb

To proceed or cause to proceed gingerly, as if feeling with the nose

transitive verb
  1. To smell
  2. To examine by smelling or as if by smelling
  3. To track out, detect or recognize (often with out)
  4. To touch, press or rub with the nose
  5. To thrust the nose into
  6. To come or be face to face with (archaic)
  7. To oppose rudely face to face (archaic)
  8. To provide with a nose (archaic)
  9. To remove the nose from (a gooseberry, etc)
  10. To pronounce with a nasal sound
intransitive verb
  1. To pry
  2. To nuzzle
  3. To move nose-first
  4. To sniff (archaic)
  5. To taper away in a noselike form
ORIGIN: OE nosu; Ger Nase, L nāsus

nosed adjective

Having a nose (used esp in combination, as in bottle-nosed, long-nosed, etc)

noseˈless adjective

nosˈer noun

  1. A blow on the nose
  2. A bloody nose
  3. A severe rebuff
  4. A strong headwind
  5. A prying person

nosˈey or nosˈy adjective

  1. Long-nosed
  2. Large-nosed
  3. Prying (informal)
  4. Bad-smelling
  5. Fragrant
  6. Sensitive to smells
  7. Nasal in sound
noun (informal)

A nickname for a person who pries

nosˈily adverb

nosˈiness noun (informal)

A tendency to pry

nosˈing noun

  1. The act of using the nose to smell, track, touch, etc
  2. The projecting rounded edge of the step of a stair, sill, moulding, etc

nosy see nosey above.

noseˈbag noun

  1. A bag for food, hung on a horse's head
  2. A picnicker's bag
  3. Food (slang)

noseˈband noun

The part of a horse's bridle coming over the nose, attached to the cheek-straps

noseˈbleed noun

  1. A bleeding from the nose
  2. A name given to yarrow and various other plants (obsolete or US)

noseˈbleeding noun

nose candy noun (N American informal)

Cocaine

nose cone noun

The front, usu conical, part of a spacecraft, etc

noseˈdive noun

A headlong plunge

intransitive verb

  1. To plunge nose-first
  2. To drop or decline sharply (figurative)

noseˈ-flute noun

A flute blown by the nose

nosegay see separate entry.

nose heaviness noun

The state in which the forces acting upon an aircraft in flight are such that it tends to pitch downwards by the nose

noseˈ-herb noun (Shakespeare)

A herb valued for its smell

nose job noun (informal)

Cosmetic surgery on the nose

noseˈ-leaf noun

A membranous appendage on some bats' snouts

noseˈ-led adjective

Led by the nose, ruled and fooled completely

noseˈ-nippers plural noun

A pince-nez

noseˈ-painting noun

Reddening of the nose that often results from excessive drinking of alcohol

noseˈpiece noun

  1. A nozzle
  2. The end of a microscope tube carrying the objective
  3. A nose-band
  4. The part of a helmet formed to protect the nose

nose rag noun (slang)

A handkerchief

noseˈ-ring noun

  1. An ornament worn in the septum of the nose or in either of its wings
  2. A ring in the septum of the nose for controlling a bull, pig, etc

nose tackle noun (American football)

A defensive lineman who opposes the offensive centre

nose wheel noun

The single wheel at the front of a vehicle, etc, esp an aircraft

Nosey Parker noun (informal; also without caps)

A prying person

by a nose

By a very short distance or small margin

cut off one's nose to spite one's face

To injure or disadvantage oneself through an act of revenge or anger towards another

follow one's nose

To go straight forward, or take the obvious or instinctive course

get up someone's nose (informal)

To annoy, irritate someone

keep one's nose clean (informal)

To keep out of trouble, ie not to behave badly or dishonestly

lead by the nose see under lead1

look down one's nose at

To look at in a supercilious or condescending way

make a long nose see under long3

nose out

To move forward slowly into traffic (in a vehicle)

nose to tail

(esp of vehicles in a queue) closely following one another

nose to the grindstone see under grind1

nose up

To direct or turn an aircraft nose upwards

not see beyond or further than (the end of) one's nose

To see only what is immediately in front of one, ie not to see the long-term consequences of one's actions, etc

on the nose

  1. (in horse-race betting) to win only (not to come second or third)
  2. Exactly (N Am inf)
  3. Unsavoury, offensive (Aust informal)

put someone's nose out of joint see under join

rub someone's nose in it (informal)

To remind someone continually of something he or she has done wrong

snap off someone's nose

To speak snappily

through the nose

At a scandalously high price, exorbitantly

thrust, poke or stick one's nose into

To meddle officiously with

thumb one's nose see under thumb

turn up one's nose at (informal)

To refuse or receive contemptuously

under one's (very) nose (informal)

  1. In full view
  2. Close at hand

with one's nose in the air

In a haughty, superior manner

rub1 /rub/

transitive verb (rubbˈing; rubbed)
  1. To apply friction to
  2. To move something with pressure along the surface of
  3. To move with pressure along the surface of something
  4. To clean, polish or smooth by friction
  5. To remove, erase or obliterate by friction (usu with away, off or out)
  6. To grind, sharpen, chafe or treat by friction
  7. To cause to pass by friction (with in, through, etc)
  8. To impede (Shakespeare)
  9. To irritate, fret
  10. To take a rubbing of
intransitive verb
  1. To apply, or move with, friction
  2. To meet an impediment (esp in bowls)
  3. To chafe
  4. To grate
  5. To fret
  6. To make shift, to get along somehow
  7. To be able to be rubbed
noun
  1. Process or act of rubbing
  2. An impediment, or a meeting with an impediment (bowls)
  3. An inequality or uneven place
  4. A difficulty
  5. A hitch
  6. An irritating experience
ORIGIN: Cf LGer rubben

rubbˈing noun

  1. Application of friction
  2. Experience of rubs (Shakespeare)
  3. An impression of an inscribed surface produced by rubbing heelball or plumbago upon paper laid over it

rubbing alcohol noun

Denatured ethyl alcohol used as an antiseptic or in massage

rubbing post noun

One for cattle to rub against

rubbing stone noun

A stone for smoothing

rubˈdown noun

An act or experience of rubbing down

rubˈout noun

  1. An act of rubbing out
  2. A murder (slang)

rubˈstone noun

A whetstone

rub along (informal)

  1. To get along, to manage somehow
  2. To be on more or less friendly terms (with)

rub down

  1. To rub from head to foot
  2. To remove (a surface) by rubbing in order to repaint, etc
  3. To search by passing the hands over the body

rub in

  1. To force into the pores by friction
  2. To mix (fat) into flour by rubbing together with the fingertips (cookery)
  3. To be unpleasantly insistent in emphasizing

rub off on (to) (figurative)

To pass to (another person or thing) by close contact, association, etc

rub of (or on) the green

Chance events over which one has no control (orig an outside interference with the ball in golf)

rub one's hands

To rub one's palms together, esp as a sign of satisfaction

rub out

  1. To erase
  2. To murder (slang)

rub shoulders or (US) elbows

To come into social contact (with)

rub someone's nose in it (informal)

To remind someone insistently of a mistake, fault, misdeed, etc

rub (or rub up) the wrong way

To irritate by tactless handling

rub up

  1. To polish
  2. To freshen one's memory of
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