n.
    
      - 鼻[C]
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A sweet smell greeted the 
nose.
香味撲鼻。
 
      - 突出的部分;尖端;船頭;機頭[C]
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She pointed the 
nose of the car towards home.
她把車頭朝著家的方向開去。
 
      - 嗅覺[S]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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You should not 
look down your nose at him.
你不應該瞧不起他。
 
    
    nose about
    
      - 探聽
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You'd better go and 
nose about a bit.
你最好去打聽一下。
 
    
    nose after
    
      - 尋找
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The police were 
nosing after the criminal.
警方正在尋找罪犯。
 
    
    nose in
    
      - 向前靠攏
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The ship was 
nosing in to the dock.
船正靠向碼頭。
 
    
    nose into
    
      - 探聽
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She is always 
nosing into other's business.
她老是愛打聽別人的事情。
 
    
    nose out
    
      - 發現
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The dog has 
nosed out a rat.
狗發現了一隻老鼠。
 
    
    nose up
    
      - (使)向上升
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.