nose

1. 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.
   1. She wiped her nose with a tissue...
      她用纸巾擦了擦鼻子。
   2. She's got funny eyes and a big nose.
      她有一双古怪的眼睛和一个大鼻子。
2. N-COUNT (汽车或飞机的)前部;车头;机头
   The nose of a vehicle such as a car or aeroplane is the front part of it.
   1. Sue parked off the main street, with the van's nose pointing away from the street.
      休把小货车停在远离大街的地方，车头背对着大街。
3. N-COUNT 嗅觉
   You can refer to your sense of smell as your nose .
   1. The river that runs through Middlesbrough became ugly on the eye and hard on the nose.
      穿过米德尔斯伯勒的那条河变得污秽不堪、臭不可闻。
4. N-SING (赛马中)以一鼻之差
   If a horse wins a race by a nose, it wins by a very small distance.
   1. Chirkpar rattled past him on the right to snatch the prize by a nose.
      一匹名为切厄克帕的赛马从他右侧疾驰而过，以一鼻之差获胜。
5. V-ERG (使)小心翼翼地缓慢行驶
   If a vehicle noses in a certain direction or if you nose it there, you move it slowly and carefully in that direction.
   1. He could not see the driver as the car nosed forward...
      车慢慢向前开，他却看不见司机。
   2. A motorboat nosed out of the mist and nudged into the branches of a tree...
      一艘摩托艇缓缓驶出薄雾，蹭进一棵树的枝叶中。
   3. Ben drove past them, nosing his car into the garage.
      本小心翼翼地把车开进车库时从他们身边经过。
6. See also: hard-nosed toffee-nosed
7. PHRASE 行为规矩;不惹是非
   If you keep your nose clean, you behave well and stay out of trouble.
   1. If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life.
      如果你规规矩矩，就可以一辈子都捧着这个饭碗。
8. PHRASE 笔直往前;沿最明显路线
   If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
   1. Just follow your nose and in about five minutes you're at the old railway.
      径直往前开，大约5分钟就能到旧铁路线。
9. PHRASE 凭直觉行事;凭本能行事
   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.
   1. You won't have to think, just follow your nose.
      你不必思考，跟着你的直觉走。
10. PHRASE 对…很敏感;很善于发现
    If you say that someone has a nose for something, you mean that they have a natural ability to find it or recognize it.
    1. He had a nose for trouble and a brilliant tactical mind...
       他善于发现问题，还总能想出高明的策略。
    2. Gergen had a great sense of news, a good nose for trends, and a wide range of contacts.
       格根有很强的新闻意识，对潮流嗅觉灵敏，而且人脉很广。
11. PHRASE 使生气;惹…发火
    If you say that someone or something gets up your nose, you mean that they annoy you.
    1. He's just getting up my nose so much at the moment.
       他这会儿真让我生气。
12. 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.
    1. I don't look down my nose at comedy...
       我并不轻视喜剧。
    2. They rather looked down their noses at anyone who couldn't speak French.
       他们相当瞧不起不会说法语的人。
13. PHRASE 付高价;付出过大代价
    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.
    1. We don't like paying through the nose for our wine when eating out.
       下馆子时，我们不喜欢在酒水上花很多钱。
14. PHRASE 探问;探看;干预
    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.
    1. We don't like strangers who poke their noses into our affairs...
       我们不喜欢陌生人干预我们的事务。
    2. Why did you have to stick your nose in?
       你为什么非要插手？
15. PHRASE 反复向…提及(不愉快的事);揭…的疮疤
    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.
    1. His enemies will attempt to rub his nose in past policy statements.
       他的对手会试图揪住他过去政策陈述的漏洞不放。
16. PHRASE 跟别人怄气却害了自己;赌气做出不顾后果的事
    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.
    1. There is evidence that the industry's greed means that it is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
       有证据表明该产业的贪婪是在作茧自缚。
17. PHRASE (车辆)首尾相连
    If vehicles are nose to tail, the front of one vehicle is close behind the back of another.
    1. ...a line of about twenty fast-moving trucks driving nose to tail.
       一排大约20辆首尾相接、快速行驶的卡车

in AM, use 美国英语用 bumper-to-bumper


18. PHRASE 对…嗤之以鼻;蔑视
    If you thumb your nose at someone, you behave in a way that shows that you do not care what they think.
    1. He has always thumbed his nose at the media.
       他对媒体一直都嗤之以鼻。
19. PHRASE 对…不屑一顾;嫌弃
    If you turn up your nose at something, you reject it because you think that it is not good enough for you.
    1. I'm not in a financial position to turn up my nose at several hundred thousand pounds.
       我的经济境况使我无法对几十万英镑无动于衷。
20. PHRASE 当着…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.
    1. Okay so have an affair, but not right under my nose.
       有外遇就有外遇好了，但别在我眼皮底下。
21. to put someone's nose out of joint → see: joint

noun

1. 鼻；鼻子
   the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, used for breathing and smelling things
   1. He broke his nose in the fight.
      他打架时打断了鼻梁。
   2. She wrinkled her nose in disgust.
      她厌恶地皱起鼻子。
   3. He blew his nose (= cleared it by blowing strongly into a handkerchief ) .
      他擤了擤鼻子。
   4. a blocked/runny nose
      堵塞的 / 流鼻涕的鼻子
   5. Stop picking your nose ! (= removing dirt from it with your finger)
      别抠鼻孔了！
2. 有…鼻子的
   having the type of nose mentioned
   1. red-nosed
      红鼻子的
   2. large-nosed
      大鼻子的
3. （飞机、太空船等的）头部，头锥
   the front part of a plane, spacecraft , etc.
4. 发现（或辨别）事物的能力；嗅觉
   a special ability for finding or recognizing sth
   1. 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。
5. 嗅觉
   a sense of smell
   1. a dog with a good nose
      嗅觉灵敏的狗
6. 特有的气味
   a characteristic smell

verb

1. 小心翼翼地向前移动
   to move forward slowly and carefully
   1. The plane nosed down through the thick clouds.
      飞机穿透厚厚的云层慢慢向下降落。
   2. The taxi nosed its way back into the traffic.
      出租车慢慢地汇入车流。
2. （用鼻子）嗅，拱，顶
   to search for sth or push sth with its nose
   1. Dogs nosed around in piles of refuse.
      一群狗在垃圾堆上嗅来嗅去。