1on your face 在脸上 [countableC]HB the part of a person’s or animal’s face used for smelling or breathing 鼻子 → nasal, nostril
Someone punched him on the nose.
有人一拳打在他的鼻子上。
2(right) under somebody’s nose
a)if something bad or illegalhappens under someone’s nose, they do not notice it even though it is happening very close to them and they should have noticed it(就)在某人眼皮底下,(就)当着某人的面
The drugs were smuggled in right under the noses of the security guards.
毒品就在保安人员的眼皮底下走私进来。
b)if something is right under someone’s nose, they cannot see it even though it is very close to them 就在某人眼前〔却看不见〕
The key was right under my nose all the time.
原来钥匙一直就在我面前。
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(right) under somebody’s nose• Pat's car was stolen, almost from under his nose.
3stick/poke your nose into somethingINTERFEREto become involved in something that does not concern you, in a way that annoys people 多管闲事;插手与己无关的事 → nosy
She always has to stick her nose into matters that do not concern her.
她总是非要插手和自己无关的事情。
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stick/poke your nose into something• No one wants the government sticking its nose into the personal business of citizens.• Or maybe they resented a strangerpoking his nose into their affairs?
4keep your nose out (of something)spokenINTERFERE# to avoid becoming involved in something that does not concern you 别管(闲事)
I wish he’d keep his nose out of my business!
我希望他别来过问我的事!
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keep your nose out (of something)• Keep your nose out of my business!• You keep your nose out, you hear me?
5turn your nose up (at something)informalREJECT/NOT ACCEPT to refuse to accept something because you do not think it is good enough for you 瞧不起(某事物),(对某事物)嗤之以鼻
My children turn their noses up at home cooking.
我的孩子都看不上家里做的饭菜。
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turn your nose up (at something)• Many professorsturn their noses up at television.• Time and again he had to turn his nose up into the arch of the drain to keep from drowning.
6with your nose in the airPROUDbehaving as if you are more important than other people and not talking to them 目中无人地;瞧不起人地
She just walked past with her nose in the air.
她目中无人地走了过去。
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with your nose in the air• She just walkedpastwith her nose in the air.• Standing with their noses in the air.
7have a (good) nose for somethingto be naturally good at finding and recognizing something 天生擅长寻找[识别]某事物
a reporter with a good nose for a story
擅长发掘素材的新闻记者
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have a (good) nose for something• I have a nose for one thing.• He must have a nose for money better than any hound for any fox.
8get (right) up somebody’s noseBritish EnglishBrE spokenANNOY to annoy someone very much 使某人烦恼[大发雷霆]
I wish he wouldn’t keep interrupting. It really gets up my nose.
我希望他不要一直打断我,那样真让我恼火。
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get (right) up somebody’s nose• Even reading your horoscope can get up your nose.• It had got up Rufus's nose a bit, though Adam had a perfect right to do this.• I took her to my room, so that her feathers wouldn't get up Mum's nose.• Darren comes to stay with Nikki and is quick to get up the nose of everyone he meets.• I didn't realise it would get up your nose so quickly and so far.
9keep your nose cleanspokenBEHAVE to make sure you do not get into trouble, or do anything wrong or illegal 遵纪守法;行为检点;不卷入是非
Sid’s got to keep his nose clean or he’ll end up back in prison.
德必须检点一些,否则还得回去坐牢。
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keep your nose clean• But keep his nose clean and take their money, and he could have a marvellous life in Berlin.• He's been sentenced to seven years in prison, but he'll be out in four if he keeps his nose clean.• But journalists are supposed to keep their noses clean, or at least tell us when they don't.• It's not a great job, but if you keep your nose clean, you should be promoted by the end of the year.
10on the noseAmerican EnglishAmE spokenEXACT exactly 确切地,精确地
He gets up at 6 a.m. on the nose every morning.
他每天早上6点准时起床。
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on the nose• The ale is a brightamber colour with quite intensecaramel and sweethop characters on the nose.• He's had to be kept apart from the hamsters ever since one bit him on the nose.• Alan Keyes hits it on the nose.• He gets up at 6 a.m. on the nose every morning.• His nervously elegant hand made a shakingbridge over the tintedspectacles, adjusting them without need on the nose.• Have you heard about the Torymoderate who hit the cheerful-looking palmiston the nose?• Bombay Coarse and rawon the nose with sweet rubbery notes but little perceptiblejuniper.• In this, the Supreme Court is right on the nose.
11keep your nose to the grindstoneinformalWORK HARD to work very hard, without stopping to rest 努力工作,一刻不停地苦干
Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone.
吉姆下定决心努力工作。
12have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaperREADto be reading a book etc, especially with a lot of interest 专心致志地看书/杂志/报纸
She always had her nose in a book.
她总是埋头看书。
13.by a noseDSHif a horsewins a race by a nose, it only just wins 〔赛马〕以微弱优势〔获胜〕
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by a nose• There was more drama to follow in the actual race, where Shemaka held on by a nose from Baya.
14.have a nose aroundBritish EnglishBrE spokenFIND OUT to look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else there 〔当某处无其他人时〕四处观看;四处寻找
15put somebody’s nose out of jointinformal to annoy someone, especially by attracting everyone’s attention away from them 〔尤指通过抢夺众人的注意力〕使某人气歪鼻子,使某人眼红
His nose has been put a bit out of joint ever since Marion got here.
自从玛丽昂来这儿以后,他被冷落得鼻子都快气歪了。
16nose to tailespecially British EnglishBrETTCTTR cars, buses etc that are nose to tail are in a line without much space between them 〔车辆〕首尾相接
Traffic was nose to tail for three miles.
车辆首尾相接堵了三英里长。
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nose to tail• She says it's less noise, and traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely.• The basicleopard is spotted almost from nose to tail.• A goldenyellow line replaces that of the Redline Rasbora, and follows an almost identicalpath from nose to tail.• However, when they move around they can form a procession, following each other nose to tail like a miniature train.• He led his female into a cave where they spawnednose to tail in typical mouthbrooder fashion.
17.plane 飞机 [countableC]TTA the pointed front end of a plane, rocket etc 〔飞机、火箭等的〕头部,前锥体
My nose is really blocked and I can't smell anything.
我的鼻子塞得厉害,什么都闻不出来。
red (=because you are cold or drunk, or have a cold) 红红的
His nose was red from the cold.
他的鼻子冻得发红。
a snub/turned-up nose (=one that curves up at the end) 翘鼻子
nShe had big eyes and a turned-up nose.
a hooked nose (=one that curves down at the end) 鹰钩鼻
nan old man with a hooked nose
a Roman/aquiline nose formal (=one that curves out near the top) 鹰钩鼻
nHe had a thin face with an aquiline nose.
a broken nose (=one that is not straight because the bone has been broken by a hit or fall) 鼻骨骨折
na boxer with a broken nose
verbs
blow your nose (=clear your nose by blowing strongly into a piece of soft paper or cloth) 擤鼻涕
She blew her nose on a large white handkerchief.
她拿着一块白色的大手帕擤鼻涕。
wipe your nose (=wipe liquid away from your nose) 擦鼻子
The boy wiped his nose on his sleeve.
男孩把鼻涕擦在袖子上。
pick your nose (=remove substances from inside your nose with your finger) 抠鼻子
Stop picking your nose, Freddy.
不要抠鼻子,弗雷迪。
wrinkle your nose (=move the muscles near your nose when you do not like something) 皱起鼻子
Susan looked at the meal and wrinkled her nose.
苏珊看着饭菜,皱起鼻子。
hold your nose (=so that you cannot smell a bad smell) 捏住鼻子
The smell was so revolting that I had to hold my nose.
那气味恶心极了,我只得捏住鼻子。
breathe through your nose 用鼻子呼吸
Close your eyes and breathe through your nose.
闭上眼睛,用鼻子呼吸。
somebody's nose is running (=liquid is coming out) 某人的鼻子在流鼻涕
She was crying hard and her nose was running.
她使劲哭,鼻涕直流。
phrases
the bridge of your nose (=the upper part, between your eyes) 鼻梁
Sam pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose.
萨姆推了推鼻梁上的眼镜。
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nose• Those who take that risk will get a bloodynose.• Our dog has a very good nose, you know.• She smiled at him, but he buried his nose in his beer.• Fogarty avoided fistfights, but when they were unavoidable he packed his nose with the cotton he always carried.• He squatted down, brushed a hand across the dirtfloor, and put the hand to his nose.• Mr Taylor was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital where he received seven stitches to his nose.• Each missile carries 150 kilos of high explosive in its nose.• Ripken's nose was broken when Hernandez accidentally hit him.• He clearly viewed my sharpnose and darkbeard in a more favorable light than the starlets had.• Like most moderndecks the nose is doubledrilled: either 5 ¼ or 5 ¾ inch.• The nose of the plane dipped as we came in to land.
nose2 verb
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]TT if a vehicle, boat etc nosesforward, or if you nose it forward, it moves forward slowly 〔车辆、船只等〕缓慢地前行;将〔车辆、船只等〕缓慢地向前开SYN edge
nose its way along/through etc something
The bus nosed its way along the street.
那辆公共汽车沿街道缓缓前行。
She carefully nosed the car forward through the traffic.
她小心地在车流中将车慢慢向前开。
2nose around (something) (also nose about (something)British EnglishBrE)phrasal verbphr v informalto look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else there 〔当某处无其他人时〕探查,打探,搜寻(某事物)
3.nose into somethingphrasal verbphr v informalto try to find out private information about someone or something, especially in a way that is annoying 打听;干预
nose out• His nose can smell out a human or a Minpin or any other animal from ten miles away.• The nose probably started out fairly small, like that of, say, the moderntapir.• Breathe in through the nose and out hard through the mouth, both to a slowcount of four.• Rumpipumpy nosed Gastronomical out of third.• Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.• The nose, dried out, was pitifully thin and pinched.
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nose• At 12: 50 they nosed down and sighted Newfoundland, the Burin Peninsula, to the left.• The motoscafo, full of lights and people, went blindly on and nosed in at the woodenpier across the canal.• A ship was nosing its way through the small fishing boats in the harbour.• The lopped head of Argus nosed, listening still, into the silverdust.• The boat nosed out into the lake.• Some minute miscalculationnosed the machine down too abruptly.• Reese nosed the stuffed Huey gently over, letting it accelerate across the ground to gainlift.• The Rolls Royce slowly nosed through the crowds, and drew up outside the hotel.