n.
- 鼻[C]
A sweet smell greeted the
nose.
香味撲鼻。
- 突出的部分;尖端;船頭;機頭[C]
She pointed the
nose of the car towards home.
她把車頭朝著家的方向開去。
- 嗅覺[S]
Reporters have a good
nose for news.
記者對新聞有很強的覺察力。
- (對與己無關之事的)探問;干預[C]
Keep your
nose out of my affairs.
別管我的事。
vi.
- (船等)小心探索著前進[Q]
- 【口】探問,探著[Q]
vt.
- 小心翼翼地駕駛,引導[O]
The ship
nosed her way through the winding channel.
船徐徐通過了彎彎曲曲的航道。
- 嗅,聞;聞出[O]
The dog
nosed out the scent.
狗嗅出了氣味。
- 用鼻子碰(擦或拱)
片語
cannot see beyond one's nose
- 鼠目寸光
He is by no means a good businessman because he
cannot see beyond his nose.
他根本談不上是位精明的生意人,他總是鼠目寸光。
follow one's nose
- 筆直走
Just
follow your nose until you reach the first crossroad, and then turn right.
照直走,走到第一個交叉路口右轉。
- 憑本能行事
You should not always
follow your nose once you step into the world.
一旦你進入社會,就不能總是憑本能行事。
have/bury one's nose in a book
- 埋頭看書
Whenever he is free, he will
bury his nose in a book.
他一有空就埋頭看書。
keep sb.'s nose to the grindstone
- 使某人勤奮工作
The teacher believed in hard work and always
kept our noses to the grindstone.
老師提倡勤奮,而且也總是要我們埋頭讀書。
lead by the nose
- 完全控制
You're not going to
lead me again
by the nose!
你別想再牽著我的鼻子走!
look down one's nose at
- 瞧不起
You should not
look down your nose at him.
你不應該瞧不起他。
nose about
- 探聽
You'd better go and
nose about a bit.
你最好去打聽一下。
nose after
- 尋找
The police were
nosing after the criminal.
警方正在尋找罪犯。
nose in
- 向前靠攏
The ship was
nosing in to the dock.
船正靠向碼頭。
nose into
- 探聽
She is always
nosing into other's business.
她老是愛打聽別人的事情。
nose out
- 發現
The dog has
nosed out a rat.
狗發現了一隻老鼠。
nose up
- (使)向上升
The plane was
nosing high
up into the sky.
飛機正向上升入高空。
poke/stick one's nose into
- 探聽;干涉
It seems that he's a great deal too fond of
poking his nose into other's business.
他好像太喜歡管別人的閒事了。
(right) under sb.'s very nose
- 就在某人眼前
The pen she thought she had lost was actually on her desk,
right under her very nose.
她原以為丟失的鋼筆就在她面前的桌子上。
- 當著某人的面
The money was stolen
right under their very noses!
錢就當著他們的面被偷了!
turn up one's nose at
- 對……嗤之以鼻
My two children always
turn up their noses at vegetables.
我的兩個孩子總是不喜歡吃蔬菜。
辨析
n.
- the part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used in breathing and smelling.
- a person's or animal's sense of smell.
▸the aroma of a particular substance, especially wine.
▸an instinctive talent for detecting something:
he has a nose for a good script.
- the front end of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle.
▸a projecting part.
- an act of looking around or prying:
she wanted a good nose round the house.
- informal a police informer.
v.
- (of an animal) thrust its nose against or into something.
▸smell or sniff (something).
- look around or pry into something.
- make one's way slowly ahead, especially in a vehicle.
Phrase
- by a nose
(of a victory) by a very narrow margin. - cut off one's nose to spite one's face
disadvantage oneself through a wilful attempt to gain an advantage or assert oneself. - get up someone's nose
Brit. informal irritate or annoy someone. - give someone a bloody nose
inflict a resounding defeat on someone. - keep one's nose clean
informal stay out of trouble. - keep one's nose out of
refrain from interfering in. - nose to tail
Brit. (of vehicles) moving or standing close behind one another. - not see further than one's
(or the end of one's)
nose
fail to consider different possibilities or to foresee consequences. - on the nose
- to a person's sense of smell.
- informal (of a bet) on a horse to win (as opposed to being placed).
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. precisely.
- Austral./NZ informal distasteful; offensive.
- put someone's nose out of joint
informal offend someone or hurt their pride. - turn one's nose up at
informal show distaste or contempt for. - under someone's nose
informal directly in front of someone. - with one's nose in the air
haughtily.
Derivative
- -nosed adj.
- noseless adj.
Etymology
OE nosu, of W. Gmc origin.