nose

名词 n. 动词 v.
[nəʊ̯z]|[nəwz]    [noʊ̯z]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
    — She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.
  2. A snout, the nose of an animal.
  3. The tip of an object.
    — the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
  4. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
  5. The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
    — Red Rum only won by a nose.
  6. A perfumer.
    — Jacques Polge, Chanel's top “nose” since 1978, made the decision when developers started trying to buy up land around Grasse, where the Muls cultivate three hectares of the precious plant.
  7. The sense of smell.
    — We are not offended with […] a dog for a better nose than his master.
  8. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine. idiomatic
  9. The skill in recognising bouquet.
    — It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.
  10. Skill at finding information. broadly
    — A successful tabloid reporter has a nose for gossip.
  11. The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop also,idiomatic
    — They had a nose around the abandoned property.
  12. A downward projection from a cornice.
  13. An informer. slang
    — […] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; […]
动词 v.
  1. To move cautiously by advancing its front end. intransitive
    — The ship nosed through the minefield.
  2. To snoop. also,ambitransitive,idiomatic,intransitive
    — She was nosing around other people’s business.
  3. To detect by smell or as if by smell. transitive
    — […] if you finde him not this moneth, you ſhall noſe him as you go vp the ſtaires into the Lobby.
  4. To push with one's nose; to nuzzle. transitive
    — [L]ambs are glad / Nosing the mother's udder, and the bird / Makes his heart voice among the blaze of flowers: […]
  5. To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out. transitive
  6. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang. transitive
    — to nose a prayer
  7. To furnish with a nose. transitive
    — to nose a stair tread
  8. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to. transitive
  9. To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive intransitive
  10. To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction. intransitive
    — The plane is nosing up!

词形变化

noses plural noses present,singular,third-person nosing participle,present nosed participle,past nosed past

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”).
See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).
词源 2
From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”).
See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).
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