noses

英 [ˈnəʊzɪz]

美 [ˈnoʊzɪz]

n.  鼻; 鼻子; 有…鼻子的; (飞机、太空船等的)头部，头锥
v.  小心翼翼地向前移动; (用鼻子)嗅，拱，顶
nose的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鼻子
  Yournoseis the part of your face which sticks out above your mouth. You use it for smelling and breathing.
  1. She wiped her nose with a tissue...
     她用纸巾擦了擦鼻子。
  2. She's got funny eyes and a big nose.
     她有一双古怪的眼睛和一个大鼻子。
• N-COUNT (汽车或飞机的)前部;车头;机头
  Thenoseof a vehicle such as a car or aeroplane is the front part of it.
  1. Sue parked off the main street, with the van's nose pointing away from the street.
     休把小货车停在远离大街的地方，车头背对着大街。
• N-COUNT 嗅觉
  You can refer to your sense of smell as yournose.
  1. The river that runs through Middlesbrough became ugly on the eye and hard on the nose.
     穿过米德尔斯伯勒的那条河变得污秽不堪、臭不可闻。
• N-SING (赛马中)以一鼻之差
  If a horse wins a raceby a nose, it wins by a very small distance.
  1. Chirkpar rattled past him on the right to snatch the prize by a nose.
     一匹名为切厄克帕的赛马从他右侧疾驰而过，以一鼻之差获胜。
• V-ERG (使)小心翼翼地缓慢行驶
  If a vehiclenosesin a certain direction or if younoseit there, you move it slowly and carefully in that direction.
  1. He could not see the driver as the car nosed forward...
     车慢慢向前开，他却看不见司机。
  2. A motorboat nosed out of the mist and nudged into the branches of a tree...
     一艘摩托艇缓缓驶出薄雾，蹭进一棵树的枝叶中。
  3. Ben drove past them, nosing his car into the garage.
     本小心翼翼地把车开进车库时从他们身边经过。
• See also:hard-nosedtoffee-nosed
• PHRASE 行为规矩;不惹是非
  If youkeepyournose clean, you behave well and stay out of trouble.
  1. If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life.
     如果你规规矩矩，就可以一辈子都捧着这个饭碗。
• PHRASE 笔直往前;沿最明显路线
  If youfollowyournoseto get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
  1. Just follow your nose and in about five minutes you're at the old railway.
     径直往前开，大约5分钟就能到旧铁路线。
• PHRASE 凭直觉行事;凭本能行事
  If youfollowyournose, 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.
  1. You won't have to think, just follow your nose.
     你不必思考，跟着你的直觉走。
• PHRASE 对…很敏感;很善于发现
  If you say that someonehas a nose forsomething, you mean that they have a natural ability to find it or recognize it.
  1. He had a nose for trouble and a brilliant tactical mind...
     他善于发现问题，还总能想出高明的策略。
  2. Gergen had a great sense of news, a good nose for trends, and a wide range of contacts.
     格根有很强的新闻意识，对潮流嗅觉灵敏，而且人脉很广。
• PHRASE 使生气;惹…发火
  If you say that someone or somethinggets upyournose, you mean that they annoy you.
  1. He's just getting up my nose so much at the moment.
     他这会儿真让我生气。
• PHRASE 瞧不起;不把…放在眼里
  If you say that someonelooks downtheirnoseat something or someone, you mean that they believe they are superior to that person or thing and treat them with disrespect.
  1. I don't look down my nose at comedy...
     我并不轻视喜剧。
  2. They rather looked down their noses at anyone who couldn't speak French.
     他们相当瞧不起不会说法语的人。
• PHRASE 付高价;付出过大代价
  If you say that youpaid through the nosefor something, you are emphasizing that you had to pay what you consider too high a price for it.
  1. We don't like paying through the nose for our wine when eating out.
     下馆子时，我们不喜欢在酒水上花很多钱。
• PHRASE 探问;探看;干预
  If someonepokestheirnose intosomething orstickstheirnose intosomething, they try to interfere with it even though it does not concern them.
  1. We don't like strangers who poke their noses into our affairs...
     我们不喜欢陌生人干预我们的事务。
  2. Why did you have to stick your nose in?
     你为什么非要插手？
• PHRASE 反复向…提及(不愉快的事);揭…的疮疤
  Torubsomeone'snose insomething 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.
  1. His enemies will attempt to rub his nose in past policy statements.
     他的对手会试图揪住他过去政策陈述的漏洞不放。
• PHRASE 跟别人怄气却害了自己;赌气做出不顾后果的事
  If you say that someoneis cutting offtheirnose to spitetheirface, you mean they do something that they think will hurt someone, without realizing or caring that it will hurt themselves as well.
  1. There is evidence that the industry's greed means that it is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
     有证据表明该产业的贪婪是在作茧自缚。
• PHRASE (车辆)首尾相连
  If vehicles arenose to tail, the front of one vehicle is close behind the back of another.
  1. ...a line of about twenty fast-moving trucks driving nose to tail.
     一排大约20辆首尾相接、快速行驶的卡车

in AM, use 美国英语用 bumper-to-bumper


• PHRASE 对…嗤之以鼻;蔑视
  If youthumbyournose atsomeone, you behave in a way that shows that you do not care what they think.
  1. He has always thumbed his nose at the media.
     他对媒体一直都嗤之以鼻。
• PHRASE 对…不屑一顾;嫌弃
  If youturn upyournose atsomething, you reject it because you think that it is not good enough for you.
  1. I'm not in a financial position to turn up my nose at several hundred thousand pounds.
     我的经济境况使我无法对几十万英镑无动于衷。
• PHRASE 当着…的面;在…的眼皮底下
  If you do somethingundersomeone'snose, you do it right in front of them, without trying to hide it from them.
  1. Okay so have an affair, but not right under my nose.
     有外遇就有外遇好了，但别在我眼皮底下。
• toputsomeone'snose out of joint→ see:joint

双语例句

• You will miss snowmen with carrot noses!
  你会错过长着胡萝卜鼻子的雪人的！
• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.
  大象有长鼻，因此和其他动物不同。
• I just love crooked noses.
  我只喜欢弯曲的鼻子。
• Blood runs freely from slashed noses and necks.
  鲜红的血液从被咬过的鼻子和脖子中流淌出来。
• Some of the smart ones, hiding themselves behind him, wrinkled their noses in a grimace.
  调皮的小伙子，躲在他背后挤眉弄眼作出怪脸。
• First off, birds hardly use their noses; instead they rely on their eyes and ears.
  首先，鸟类不太会用它们的鼻子，它们更多的是用眼镜和耳朵。
• People who prefer symphony concerts or chamber music tend to look down their noses at opera.
  喜欢交响音乐会或者室内乐音乐会的人会有看不起歌剧的倾向。
• We kept bumping our noses, but when I touched her tongue with mine she trembled.
  我们不断撞我们的鼻子，但是当我用我的舌头碰触她的时她一阵颤栗。
• Police dogs have good noses for following criminals 'trails.
  警犬的嗅觉对罪犯留下来的痕迹特别灵敏。
• The natives look down their noses at foreigners.
  这些本国人看不起外国人。