nosed
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT Your nose is the part of your face which sticks out above your mouth. You use it for smelling and breathing. 鼻子
She wiped her nose with a tissue. 她用一張紙巾擦了擦鼻子。
2. N-COUNT The nose of a vehicle such as an aeroplane or a boat is the front part of it. (飛機、船等的) 前部
They went over to the aeroplane and stood near its nose. 他們朝飛機走了過去并站在靠近機頭的地方。
3. N-COUNT You can refer to your sense of smell as your nose. 嗅覺
The river that runs through Middlesbrough became ugly on the eye and hard on the nose. 那條流經(jīng)米德爾斯伯勒的河變得丑不忍睹，臭不可聞。
4. V-T/V-I If a vehicle noses in a certain direction or if you nose it there, you move it slowly and carefully in that direction. 使緩慢行駛; 緩慢行駛
He could not see the driver as the car nosed forward. 當(dāng)那輛車緩慢向前行駛時，他看不見司機。
A motorboat nosed out of the mist and nudged into the branches of a tree. 一艘摩托艇緩緩地駛出薄霧，輕觸上一棵樹的枝條。
5. PHRASE If you keep your nose clean, you behave well and stay out of trouble. 行為規(guī)矩[非正式]
If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life. 你要是規(guī)規(guī)矩矩的，就一輩子會有工作。
6. PHRASE If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route. 直著往前走; 沿最明顯路線
Just follow your nose and in about five minutes you're at the old railway. 就直著往前走大約五分鐘你會到達(dá)舊鐵道。
7. PHRASE 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. 憑直覺行事
You won't have to think, just follow your nose. 你不必考慮，憑直覺行事就行。
8. PHRASE If you say that someone has a nose for something, you mean that they have a natural ability to find it or recognize it. 有發(fā)現(xiàn)…的能力; 善于識別
He had a nose for trouble and a brilliant tactical mind. 他有發(fā)現(xiàn)問題的能力和一個精于謀略的頭腦。
9. PHRASE 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. 輕視[表不滿]
I don't look down my nose at comedy. 我不輕視喜劇。
10. PHRASE 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. 花大價錢[非正式]
We don't like paying through the nose for our wine when eating out. 我們在外面吃飯時不喜歡將大把的錢花在酒水上。
11. PHRASE 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. 管閑事[非正式]
We don't like strangers who poke their noses into our affairs. 我們不喜歡那些干預(yù)我們事務(wù)的陌生人。
12. PHRASE 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. 揭 (某人的) 傷疤; 抓住 (某人的過失等) 不放[非正式]
His enemies will attempt to rub his nose in past policy statements. 他的對手們將試圖揪住他過去政策聲明中的紕漏不放。
13. PHRASE If you turn up your nose at something, you reject it because you think that it is not good enough for you. 對…不屑一顧
I'm not in a financial position to turn up my nose at several hundred thousand dollars. 我沒有達(dá)到對幾十萬美元不屑一顧的經(jīng)濟境況。
14. PHRASE If you do something under someone's nose, you do it right in front of them, without trying to hide it from them. 當(dāng)著…的面
We've been married 25 years and this carrying on under my nose was the last straw. 我們已經(jīng)結(jié)婚25年了，而我眼皮底下發(fā)生的這事兒使我最終忍無可忍。
15. PHRASE If vehicles are nose to tail, the front of one vehicle is close behind the back of another. (車輛) 首尾相接[英國英語]
16. to put someone's nose out of joint→see joint
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