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N-COUNT
鼻子
Your nose is the part of your face which sticks out above your mouth. You use it for smelling and breathing.
例句
She wiped her nose with a tissue...
她用紙巾擦了擦鼻子。
She's got funny eyes and a big nose.
她有一雙古怪的眼睛和一個大鼻子。
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N-COUNT
(汽車或飛機的)前部;車頭;機頭
The nose of a vehicle such as a car or aeroplane is the front part of it.
例句
Sue parked off the main street, with the van's nose pointing away from the street.
休把小貨車停在遠離大街的地方，車頭背對著大街。
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N-COUNT
嗅覺
You can refer to your sense of smell as your nose .
例句
The river that runs through Middlesbrough became ugly on the eye and hard on the nose.
穿過米德爾斯伯勒的那條河變得污穢不堪、臭不可聞。
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N-SING
(賽馬中)以一鼻之差
If a horse wins a race by a nose, it wins by a very small distance.
例句
Chirkpar rattled past him on the right to snatch the prize by a nose.
一匹名為切厄克帕的賽馬從他右側疾馳而過，以一鼻之差獲勝。
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V-ERG
(使)小心翼翼地緩慢行駛
If a vehicle noses in a certain direction or if you nose it there, you move it slowly and carefully in that direction.
例句
He could not see the driver as the car nosed forward...
車慢慢向前開，他卻看不見司機。
A motorboat nosed out of the mist and nudged into the branches of a tree...
一艘摩托艇緩緩駛出薄霧，蹭進一棵樹的枝葉中。
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PHRASE
行為規矩;不惹是非
If you keep your nose clean, you behave well and stay out of trouble.
例句
If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life.
如果你規規矩矩，就可以一輩子都捧著這個飯碗。
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PHRASE
筆直往前;沿最明顯路線
If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
例句
Just follow your nose and in about five minutes you're at the old railway.
徑直往前開，大約5分鐘就能到舊鐵路線。
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PHRASE
憑直覺行事;憑本能行事
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.
例句
You won't have to think, just follow your nose.
你不必思考，跟著你的直覺走。
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PHRASE
對…很敏感;很善于發現
If you say that someone has a nose for something, you mean that they have a natural ability to find it or recognize it.
例句
He had a nose for trouble and a brilliant tactical mind...
他善于發現問題，還總能想出高明的策略。
Gergen had a great sense of news, a good nose for trends, and a wide range of contacts.
格根有很強的新聞意識，對潮流嗅覺靈敏，而且人脈很廣。
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PHRASE
使生氣;惹…發火
If you say that someone or something gets up your nose, you mean that they annoy you.
例句
He's just getting up my nose so much at the moment.
他這會兒真讓我生氣。
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PHRASE
瞧不起;不把…放在眼里
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.
例句
I don't look down my nose at comedy...
我并不輕視喜劇。
They rather looked down their noses at anyone who couldn't speak French.
他們相當瞧不起不會說法語的人。
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PHRASE
付高價;付出過大代價
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.
例句
We don't like paying through the nose for our wine when eating out.
下館子時，我們不喜歡在酒水上花很多錢。
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PHRASE
探問;探看;干預
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.
例句
We don't like strangers who poke their noses into our affairs...
我們不喜歡陌生人干預我們的事務。
Why did you have to stick your nose in?
你為什么非要插手？
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PHRASE
反復向…提及(不愉快的事);揭…的瘡疤
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.
例句
His enemies will attempt to rub his nose in past policy statements.
他的對手會試圖揪住他過去政策陳述的漏洞不放。
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PHRASE
跟別人慪氣卻害了自己;賭氣做出不顧后果的事
If you say that someone is cutting off their nose to spite their face, you mean they do something that they think will hurt someone, without realizing or caring that it will hurt themselves as well.
例句
There is evidence that the industry's greed means that it is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
有證據表明該產業的貪婪是在作繭自縛。
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PHRASE
(車輛)首尾相連
If vehicles are nose to tail, the front of one vehicle is close behind the back of another.
例句
...a line of about twenty fast-moving trucks driving nose to tail.
一排大約20輛首尾相接、快速行駛的卡車
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PHRASE
對…嗤之以鼻;蔑視
If you thumb your nose at someone, you behave in a way that shows that you do not care what they think.
例句
He has always thumbed his nose at the media.
他對媒體一直都嗤之以鼻。
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PHRASE
對…不屑一顧;嫌棄
If you turn up your nose at something, you reject it because you think that it is not good enough for you.
例句
I'm not in a financial position to turn up my nose at several hundred thousand pounds.
我的經濟境況使我無法對幾十萬英鎊無動于衷。
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PHRASE
當著…的面;在…的眼皮底下
If you do something under someone's nose, you do it right in front of them, without trying to hide it from them.
例句
Okay so have an affair, but not right under my nose.
有外遇就有外遇好了，但別在我眼皮底下。