nose
noun /nəʊz/
/nəʊz/
Idioms - enlarge image[countable] the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, used for breathing and smelling things
鼻；鼻子 - She had dark eyes and a long narrow nose.
她长着黑色的眼睛和细长的鼻子。 - He broke his nose in the fight.
他打架时打断了鼻梁。 - She wrinkled her nose in disgust.
她厌恶地皱起鼻子。 - He pressed his nose up against the window.
他把鼻子贴在窗户上。 - through your nose Try to breathe through your nose.
试着用鼻子呼吸。 - He blew his nose (= cleared it by blowing strongly into a handkerchief).
他擤了擤鼻子。 - a blocked/runny nose
堵塞的／流鼻涕的鼻子 - Stop picking your nose! (= removing dirt from it with your finger)
别抠鼻孔了！ - He held his nose as he passed the stinking dustbins.
他走过臭气熏天的垃圾箱时，捏着鼻子。 - (figurative) He held his nose and voted for the bill anyway.
他捏着鼻子投票赞成这项法案。 - He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose (= the hard part near the top).
他把眼镜往鼻梁上面推了推。
Collocations Physical appearancePhysical appearancesee also Grecian nose, nasal, parson’s nose, Roman nose外貌 - A person may be described as having:
描述一个人的长相可用 have 一词：
眼睛 - (bright) blue/green/(dark/light) brown/hazel eyes
（明亮的）蓝／绿／（深／浅）棕色／浅绿褐色眼睛 - deep-set/sunken/bulging/protruding eyes
凹陷的／凸出的眼睛 - small/beady/sparkling/twinkling/(informal) shifty eyes
小的／小珠般圆亮的／亮晶晶的／闪闪发亮的／贼溜溜的眼睛 - piercing/penetrating/steely eyes
敏锐的／锐利的眼睛；冷冰冰的眼神 - bloodshot/watery/puffy eyes
布满血丝的／水汪汪的／肿胀的眼睛 - bushy/thick/dark/raised/arched eyebrows
浓密的／扬起的／弓形的眉毛 - long/dark/thick/curly/false eyelashes/lashes
长长的／浓密的／弯曲的／假的眼睫毛
脸 - a flat/bulbous/pointed/sharp/snub nose
塌／蒜头／尖头／尖／短平而上翘的鼻子 - a straight/a hooked/a Roman/(formal) an aquiline nose
- full/thick/thin/pouty lips
丰满的／厚／薄／翘嘴唇 - dry/chapped/cracked lips
干的／皲裂的／干裂的嘴唇 - flushed/rosy/red/ruddy/pale cheeks
发红的／红润的／苍白的面颊 - soft/chubby/sunken cheeks
柔嫩的／胖乎乎的／凹陷的面颊 - white/perfect/crooked/protruding teeth
洁白的／完好无缺的／参差不齐的／凸出来的牙齿 - a large/high/broad/wide/sloping forehead
大大的／高高的／宽大的／后倾的前额 - a strong/weak/pointed/double chin
硬朗的／瘦削的／尖／双下巴 - a long/full/bushy/wispy/goatee beard
长／大／浓密的／一小撮／山羊胡子 - a long/thin/bushy/droopy/handlebar/pencil moustache
长长的／稀疏的／浓密的／耷拉着的／翘／细直的八字胡
头发和皮肤 - pale/fair/olive/dark/tanned skin
苍白的／白皙的／橄榄色的／黝黑的／晒黑的皮肤 - dry/oily/smooth/rough/leathery/wrinkled skin
干性的／油性的／光滑的／粗糙的／有皱纹的皮肤 - a dark/pale/light/sallow/ruddy/olive/swarthy/clear complexion
黝黑的／苍白的／白皙的／蜡黄的／红润的／浅褐色的／黝黑的／无瑕的面容 - deep/fine/little/facial wrinkles
深深的／细小的／小的／面部的皱纹 - blonde/blond/fair/(light/dark) brown/(jet-)black/auburn/red/(British English) ginger/grey hair
- straight/curly/wavy/frizzy/spiky hair
直发；鬈发；波浪形的／鬈曲的／刺猬式的头发 - thick/thin/fine/bushy/thinning hair
厚密的／稀疏的／纤细的／浓密的／逐渐稀少的头发 - dyed/bleached/soft/silky/dry/greasy/shiny hair
染了色的／漂白了的／柔顺的／丝滑的／干性的／油性的／有光泽的头发 - long/short/shoulder-length/cropped hair
长／短／齐肩／剪短了的头发 - a bald/balding/shaved head
秃头；开始秃顶的头；剃光了的头 - a receding hairline
后移的发际线 - a bald patch/spot
秃了的一块 - a side/centre(British English) parting
偏分；中分
身体 - a long/short/thick/slender/(disapproving) scrawny neck
长／短／粗／细／干瘦的脖子 - broad/narrow/sloping/rounded/hunched shoulders
宽／窄／斜／圆／耸肩膀 - a bare/broad/muscular/small/large chest
赤裸的／宽阔的／肌肉发达的胸膛；小胸；大胸 - a flat/swollen/bulging stomach
扁平的／鼓胀的／鼓起的肚子 - a small/tiny/narrow/slim/slender/28-inch waist
纤细的／28英寸的腰 - big/wide/narrow/slim hips
大的／宽的／窄小的／苗条的臀部 - a straight/bent/arched/broad/hairy back
直的／弯曲的／弓着的／宽大的／多毛的背部 - thin/slender/muscular arms
瘦削的／细长的／肌肉发达的臂膀 - big/large/small/manicured/calloused/gloved hands
大的／小的／修剪整齐的／有老茧的／戴着手套的手 - long/short/fat/slender/delicate/bony fingers
长的／短的／粗的／细长的／纤细的／瘦削的手指 - long/muscular/hairy/shapely/(both informal, often disapproving) skinny/spindly legs
长的／肌肉发达的／多毛的／有曲线美的／皮包骨的／干瘦的腿 - muscular/chubby/(informal, disapproving) flabby thighs
肌肉发达的／胖乎乎的／肥胖的大腿 - big/little/small/dainty/wide/narrow/bare feet
大的／小的／娇小可爱的／宽的／窄的／光着的脚 - a good/a slim/a slender/an hourglass figure
好的／修长的／苗条的／沙漏形身材 - be of slim/medium/average/large/athletic/stocky build
有着苗条的／中等的／普通的／大块头的／健壮的／矮壮的身材
Homophones knows | noseknows nose/nəʊz//nəʊz/- knows verb (third person of know)
- Who knows what the future will bring?
谁知道将来会给我们带来什么呢？
- Who knows what the future will bring?
- nose noun
- Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
用鼻子吸气，用嘴呼气。
- Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Topics Bodya1- Cats have very sensitive noses and rely heavily on scent markings.
猫的鼻子非常灵敏，十分依赖气味标记。 - Charlie pressed his nose against the window.
查利把鼻子贴在窗玻璃上。 - He stuck his bulbous red nose back into his pint of beer.
他又把红红的蒜头鼻浸到了啤酒里。 - He tapped his nose in a knowing gesture.
他轻轻地敲着鼻梁，一副了然于心的样子。 - His nose wrinkled with distaste.
他嫌恶地皱起鼻子。 - I had to wear a black moustache and false nose for the role.
为扮演这个角色，我必须戴黑色的小胡子和一个假鼻子。 - She dressed up as a clown with a white face and red nose.
她打扮成小丑， 雪白的脸，红红的鼻子。 - She walked with her shoulders back and her nose pointing skyward.
她抬头挺胸，鼻孔朝天地走 。 - She was weeping loudly and her nose was running.
她大声哭着，鼻涕也流了下来。 - She wrinkled her nose as if she had just smelled a bad smell.
她皱着鼻子，好像刚闻到臭味。 - The boy sat there with his finger up his nose.
男孩坐在那儿，一根指头放在鼻子上。 - The dog pushed its wet nose into my palm.
小狗用它湿湿的鼻头蹭我的手心。 - The sharp nose and thin lips gave his face a very harsh look.
他的尖鼻子和薄嘴唇使他的模样看起来很严厉。 - a child with a runny nose
流着鼻涕的孩子
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- bulbous
- huge
- …
- breathe through
- blow
- wipe
- …
- wrinkle
- twitch
- run
- …
- job
- ring
- bleed
- …
- through the nose
- up your nose
- the bridge of the nose
- with your nose in the air
- look down your nose at somebody
- …
- She had dark eyes and a long narrow nose.
- -nosed(in adjectives
构成形容词 有…鼻子的 - red-nosed
红鼻子的 - large-nosed
大鼻子的
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics- -beaked
- -bellied
- -billed
- -blooded
- -bodied
- -cheeked
- -chested
- -eared
- -eyed
- -faced
- -fingered
- -footed
- -haired
- -handed
- -headed
- -hearted
- -hipped
- -lidded
- -limbed
- -mouthed
- -necked
- -nosed
- -skinned
- -tailed
- -throated
- -toothed
- red-nosed
- enlarge image[countable] the front part of a plane, spacecraft, etc.
（飞机、太空船等的）头部，头锥；机头 - Heat detectors are fitted in the nose of the missile.
热探测器安装在导弹的头部。
Topics Transport by airb1- He pushed the nose down for the final approach.
他压低机头，准备着陆。 - The plane's nose dipped as it started descending towards the runway.
飞机机头降低，开始向跑道降落。
- Heat detectors are fitted in the nose of the missile.
- [singular] a nose for something a special ability for finding or recognizing something
发现（或辨别）事物的能力；嗅觉 - As a journalist, she has always had a nose for a good story.
作为一名记者，她总是能够捕捉到好新闻。
- As a journalist, she has always had a nose for a good story.
- [singular] a sense of smell
嗅觉 - a dog with a good nose
嗅觉灵敏的狗 - (figurative) Good noses can always smell a fight brewing.
好鼻子总能闻到战斗的味道。
- a dog with a good nose
- [singular] a smell that is characteristic of a particular wine
特有的气味 - This Cote de Beaune has a good nose, with apricot and raisin aromas.
这款波恩山坡葡萄酒有很好的香气，带有杏和葡萄干的香味。
- This Cote de Beaune has a good nose, with apricot and raisin aromas.
词源Old English nosu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch neus, and more remotely to German Nase, Latin nasus, and Sanskrit nāsā.
Idioms
by a nose
- (informal) (of a victory or defeat) by only a small amount (used mostly when talking about horse racing)
烦扰 - He lost his first race by a nose but won the next three.
他以微弱优势输掉了第一场比赛，但赢得了接下来的三场比赛。 - Glen's Diamond was declared the winner by a nose from the 11–4 favourite.
格伦的钻石以11比4的优势被宣布为冠军。
- He lost his first race by a nose but won the next three.
cut off your nose to spite your face
- (informal) to do something when you are angry that is meant to harm somebody else but that also harms you
（恼怒之下）伤人害己，损人不利己
follow your nose
- to be guided by your sense of smell
凭嗅觉指引 - to go straight forward
一直向前走 - The garage is a mile ahead up the hill—just follow your nose.
汽车修理站在前面一英里处的山坡上，一直往前走就可以到。
- The garage is a mile ahead up the hill—just follow your nose.
- to act according to what seems right or reasonable, rather than following any particular rules
凭感觉行事；凭直觉办事
get/have your nose/snout in the trough
- (British English, informal, disapproving) if you say that people have their noses in the trough, you mean that they are trying to get a lot of money for themselves
（为…）付过高的价
get up somebody’s nose
- (British English, informal) to annoy somebody
烦扰
give somebody a bloody nose
- to defeat somebody
烦扰 - We have to give him a bloody nose in the election.
我们必须在选举中给他一个大鼻子。 - Voters gave the government a bloody nose in the local elections.
选民在地方选举中给了政府重重一击。
- We have to give him a bloody nose in the election.
have your head/nose in a book
- to be reading
专心致志地阅读 - She always has her nose in a book.
她总是埋头看书。
- She always has her nose in a book.
have your nose in something
- (informal) to be reading something and giving it all your attention
专心致志地阅读 - Peter always has his nose in a book.
彼得总是埋头看书。
- Peter always has his nose in a book.
have a nose round
- (British English, informal) to look around a place; to look for something in a place
环视（某地）；在（某地）寻找 - I’ll have a nose round and see what I can find.
我要四处看看，看看能找到什么。
- I’ll have a nose round and see what I can find.
it’s no skin off my, your, his, etc. nose
- (informal) used to say that somebody is not upset or annoyed about something because it does not affect them in a bad way
（指某人没有受到不良影响）这不关某人的事，这跟某人没关系
keep your nose clean
- (informal) to avoid doing anything wrong or illegal
循规蹈矩；不做违法的事 - Since leaving prison, he's managed to keep his nose clean.
自从出狱以来，他已做到规规矩矩。
- Since leaving prison, he's managed to keep his nose clean.
keep your nose out of something
- to try not to become involved in things that should not really involve you
避免插手（他人的事）；尽力不卷入（或介入）
keep your nose to the grindstone
- (informal) to work hard for a long period of time without stopping
连续辛勤地工作
lead somebody by the nose
- (informal) to make somebody do everything you want; to control somebody completely
牵着某人的鼻子走；完全操纵（或控制）某人
look down your nose at somebody/something
- (informal, especially British English) to behave in a way that suggests that you think that you are better than somebody or that something is not good enough for you
对…不屑一顾；蔑视 - People who live in that area tend to look down their noses at their poorer neighbours.
住在那个地区的人往往瞧不起比他们穷的邻居。 - They tend to look down their noses at people who drive small cars.
他们往往看不起开小型汽车的人。
- People who live in that area tend to look down their noses at their poorer neighbours.
nose to tail
- (British English) if cars, etc. are nose to tail, they are moving slowly in a long line with little space between them
（汽车等）首尾相连（缓缓行进） - The traffic was nose to tail for miles.
车辆头尾相连，绵延数英里。
- The traffic was nose to tail for miles.
on the nose
- (informal, especially North American English) exactly
准确地；确切地 - The budget should hit the $136 billion target on the nose.
预算应该正好达到 1 360 亿美元的目标。
- The budget should hit the $136 billion target on the nose.
pay through the nose (for something)
- (informal) to pay too much money for something
（为…）付过高的价
(as) plain as a pikestaff | (as) plain as day | (as) plain as the nose on your face
- very obvious
一清二楚；一目了然；显而易见
poke/stick your nose into something
- (informal) to try to become involved in something that should not involve you
多管闲事；插手（与己无关的事） - He’s always poking his nose into other people’s business.
事情进展不顺利。
- He’s always poking his nose into other people’s business.
powder your nose
- (old-fashioned) a polite way of referring to the fact that a woman is going to the toilet
（女士如厕的委婉说法）补妆，净手 - I'm just going to powder my nose.
我想去补补妆。
- I'm just going to powder my nose.
put somebody’s nose out of joint
- (informal) to upset or annoy somebody, especially by not giving them enough attention
（冷落）使难堪；惹恼
rub somebody’s nose in it
- (informal) to keep reminding somebody in an unkind way of their past mistakes
揭疮疤；不断恶意提起某人以往的过失
thumb your nose at somebody/something
- (informal) to make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose; to show that you have no respect for somebody/something
嗤之以鼻；蔑视 - The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution.
这家公司完全不把污染立法放在眼里。 - They thumb their noses at all of our traditions.
他们对我们所有的传统都嗤之以鼻。
- The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution.
turn your nose up at something
- (informal) to refuse something, especially because you do not think that it is good enough for you
拒绝；看不上；看不起 - The children turn up their noses at almost everything I cook.
孩子们几乎瞧不上我烹制的任何东西。
- The children turn up their noses at almost everything I cook.
under somebody’s nose (informal)
- if something is under somebody’s nose, it is very close to them but they cannot see it
就在某人面前（却看不见） - I searched everywhere for the letter and it was under my nose all the time!
我到处找这封信，可它一直就在我面前。
- I searched everywhere for the letter and it was under my nose all the time!
- if something happens under somebody’s nose, they do not notice it even though it is not being done secretly
当着某人的面，就在某人眼皮底下（却没有被察觉） - The police didn't know the drugs ring was operating right under their noses.
警方不知道贩毒集团就在他们的眼皮底下运作。
- The police didn't know the drugs ring was operating right under their noses.
with your nose in the air
- (informal) in a way that is not friendly and suggests that you think that you are better than other people
傲慢；看不起人；鼻孔朝天，自高自大 - She walked in with her nose in the air, ignoring everyone.
她傲慢地走进来，谁也不理。
- She walked in with her nose in the air, ignoring everyone.