单词详解

1. n.

A. 鼻子 (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract)

An elephant's nose is extraordinarily long! 大象的鼻子特别长！

B. 嗅觉 (the sense of smell (especially in animals))

The dog has a good nose. 这只狗嗅觉灵敏。

C. 突出的部分；尖端；船头；机头 (the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon)

I saw the car's nose appear around the corner. 我看到汽车头出现在拐角处。

2. vt

嗅到 (catch the scent of; get wind of)

The dog nosed out a rat. 那只狗闻到了老鼠的气味。

相关词组

1. with one's nose in the air 鼻子朝天地，傲慢地

She walked past me with her nose in the air. 她从我身旁走过，傲慢地鼻子朝天。

2. on the nose 恰好地；精确地

They predicted the final score on the nose. 他们精确地预测了最后分数。

3. under (someone's) nose 明显地

The keys are right under your nose. 钥匙就在你那里

相关单词

名词复数： noses

过去式： nosed

过去分词： nosed

现在分词： nosing

动词第三人称单数： noses