新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

nose

英 [nəʊz]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

noses
1. [C 可数名词] 鼻子
Your nose is the part of your face which sticks out above your mouth. You use it for smelling and breathing.
双语例句
例：
She wiped her nose with a tissue.
她用一张纸巾擦了擦鼻子。
2. [C 可数名词] （飞机、船等的）前部
The nose of a vehicle such as an aeroplane or a boat is the front part of it.
双语例句
例：
They went over to the aeroplane and stood near its nose.
他们朝飞机走了过去并站在靠近机头的地方。
3. [C 可数名词] 嗅觉
You can refer to your sense of smell as your nose.
双语例句
例：
The river that runs through Middlesbrough became ugly on the eye and hard on the nose.
那条流经米德尔斯伯勒的河变得污秽不堪、臭不可闻。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

nose around
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 探查
If you nose around, you look around a place that belongs to someone else, to see if you can find something interesting.
双语例句
例：
I wondered what else he'd taken and nosed around his bureau.
我想知道他还拿走了什么，于是探查了他的办公室。
例：
He had thought to just nose around, see what he could.
他原本只想打探打探，看他能发现什么。

PHRASE. 习语

keep your nose clean
1. 行为规矩
If you keep your nose clean, you behave well and stay out of trouble.
双语例句
例：
If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life.
你要是规规矩矩的，工作一辈子都会很稳定。
follow your nose
1. 直着往前走 , 沿最明显路线
If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
双语例句
例：
Just follow your nose and in about five minutes you're at the old railway.
就直着往前走，大约5分钟就能到达旧铁道。
2. 凭直觉行事
If you follow your nose, you do something in a particular way because you feel it should be done like that, rather than because you are following any plan or rules.
双语例句
例：
You won't have to think, just follow your nose.
你不必考虑，凭直觉行事就行。
have a nose for something
1. 有发现…的能力 , 善于识别
If you say that someone has a nose for something, you mean that they have a natural ability to find it or recognize it.
双语例句
例：
He had a nose for trouble and a brilliant tactical mind.
他有发现问题的能力并且精于谋略。
look down your nose at someone
1. 轻视
If you say that someone looks down their nose at something or someone, you mean that they believe they are superior to that person or thing and treat them with disrespect.
双语例句
例：
I don't look down my nose at comedy.
我不轻视喜剧。
pay through the nose
1. 花大价钱
If you say that you paid through the nose for something, you are emphasizing that you had to pay what you consider too high a price for it.
双语例句
例：
We don't like paying through the nose for our wine when eating out.
外出就餐时，我们不喜欢在酒水上花太多钱。
poke your nose into something , stick your nose into something
1. 管闲事
If someone pokes their nose into something or sticks their nose into something, they try to interfere with it even though it does not concern them.
近义词
meddle
双语例句
例：
We don't like strangers who poke their noses into our affairs.
我们不喜欢那些干预我们事务的陌生人。
rub someone's nose in it
1. 揭（某人的）伤疤 , 抓住（某人的过失等）不放
To rub someone's nose in something that they do not want to think about, such as a failing or a mistake they have made, means to remind them repeatedly about it.
双语例句
例：
His enemies will attempt to rub his nose in past policy statements.
他的对手们将试图揪住他过去政策声明中的纰漏不放。
turn up one's nose at something
1. 对…不屑一顾
If you turn up your nose at something, you reject it because you think that it is not good enough for you.
双语例句
例：
I'm not in a financial position to turn up my nose at several hundred thousand dollars.
我的经济状况还没有达到对几十万美元不屑一顾的地步。
under someone's nose
1. 当着…的面
If you do something under someone's nose, you do it right in front of them, without trying to hide it from them.
双语例句
例：
We've been married 25 years and this carrying on under my nose was the last straw.
我们已经结婚25年了，而在我眼皮底下发生的这事儿最终使我忍无可忍。
nose to tail
1. （车辆）首尾相接
If vehicles are nose to tail, the front of one vehicle is close behind the back of another.

VERB. 动词

noses , nosing , nosed
1. [I 不及物动词] （使）缓慢行驶
If a vehicle noses in a certain direction or if you nose it there, you move it slowly and carefully in that direction.
双语例句
例：
He could not see the driver as the car nosed forward.
当那辆车缓慢向前行驶时，他看不见司机。
例：
A motorboat nosed out of the mist and nudged into the branches of a tree.
一艘摩托艇缓缓地驶出薄雾，蹭进一棵树的枝叶中。