nose
noun
verb
nəʊz noun
1
ON YOUR FACE
在脸上
the part of a person’s or animal’s face used for smelling or breathing 鼻子; C
2
(right) under sb’s nose
a. if something bad or illegal happens under someone’s nose, they do not notice it even though it is happening very close to them and they should have noticed it 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 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。
The key was right under my nose all the time.
钥匙一直就在我面前。
3
stick/poke your nose into sth
to 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;
She always has to stick her nose into matters that do not concern her.
她总是要插手和自己无关的事情。
4
keep your nose out (of sth)
to avoid becoming involved in something that does not concern you [口] 别管（闲事） spoken
I wish he’d keep his nose out of my business!
我希望他别过问我的事！
5
turn your nose up (at sth)
to refuse to accept something because you do not think it is good enough for you [非正式] 瞧不起（某事物），（对某事物）嗤之以鼻 informal
My children turn their noses up at home cooking.
我的孩子都看不上家里做的饭菜。
6
with your nose in the air
behaving 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。
7
have a (good) nose for sth
to 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
8
get (right) up sb’s nose
to annoy someone very much [英，口] 使某人烦恼 BrE spoken
I wish he wouldn’t keep interrupting. It really gets up my nose.
我希望他不要老是打搅我，那样真让我恼火。
9
keep your nose clean
to make sure you do not get into trouble, or do anything wrong or illegal [口] 遵纪守法; 行为检点; 不卷入是非 spoken
Sid’s got to keep his nose clean or he’ll end up back in prison.
西德必须检点一些，否则只会落得个再进班房的下场。
10
on the nose
10. exactly [美，口] 确切地，精确地 AmE spoken
He gets up at 6 a.m. on the nose every morning.
他每天早上 6 点准时起床。
11
keep your nose to the grindstone
11. to work very hard, without stopping to rest [非正式] 努力工作，一刻不停地苦干 informal
Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone.
吉姆下定决心努力工作。
12
have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper
12. to 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 nose
13. if a horse wins a race by a nose, it only just wins 〔赛马〕险胜
14 BrE spoken
15
put sb’s nose out of joint
15. to annoy someone, especially by attracting everyone’s attention away from them [非正式] 〔尤指通过吸引众人的注意力〕使某人气歪鼻子，使某人眼红 informal
His nose has been a bit out of joint ever since Marion got here.
自从玛丽昂来这儿以后他的鼻子都快气歪了。
16
nose to tail
16. cars, buses etc that are nose to tail are in a line without much space between them [尤英] 〔车辆〕首尾相接 especially BrE
Traffic was nose to tail for three miles.
车辆首尾相接堵了三英里长。
17
PLANE
飞机
the pointed front end of a plane, ROCKET etc 〔飞机、火箭等的〕头部，机首，前端，凸出部分 C
18
SMELL
气味
the smell of a wine or tobacco 〔酒或烟〕的气味; singular 单数
verb
19 if a vehicle, boat etc noses forward, 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;
nose its way along/through etc sth
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。
20 l to look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else there [非正式] 〔无其他人时在某处〕探查，打探，搜寻（某事物）
What were you doing nosing around in my office?
你在我的办公室里到处乱翻想干什么？
21 to try to find out private information about someone or something, especially in a way that is annoying [非正式] 打听; 干预
22 to discover some information that someone else does not want you to discover 打探出，查出
The media always manage to nose out some interesting facts about a politician’s past life.
媒体总是想方设法挖出政客以前的一些趣事。
23 to defeat someone by a very small amount in a race, competition etc 以微弱优势取胜