| 单词 | high-nosed |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-nosed high-nosed adj. having a high or long nose; (figurative) having a keen sense of smell; (also) haughty, arrogant. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute tender-noseda1425 nosedc1425 high-nosed1548 quick-nosed1561 well-nosed1568 scented1579 well-scented1579 quick-scented1590 nose-wise1596 sagacious1607 scentful1616 nasute1699 nice-scented1777 osmatic1880 nim-nosed1936 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxvij A goodly Prince, stately of countenaunce, mery of chere, broune coloured, great iyes, high nosed, bigge lipped. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A3 Well favored, but high nosed. 1658 F. Osborne Advice to Son: 2nd Pt. 132 Our high-Nos'd Hypocriticall Zelots, that pretent to smell ranck Idolatry in all professions, but their own. 1762 Amer. Gazetteer III. at Taumaco He was tall, and full-bodied, of a sallow complexion, grey-eyed, high-nosed. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning II. xii. 61 They were good, excellent, high-nosed, flat-bosomed spinsters, sentimentally fond of their brother. 1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 38 Harvey announced ‘Mrs. and the Misses Clarke,’ and a thin, very high-nosed person, followed by two buffish girls, came forward. 1957 M. Stewart Thunder on Right v. 60 Though Doña Francisca may have a temper and a high-nosed Spanish way with her..she's a good doctor in sickness. 2004 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Nov. (Features section) 12 The professor maintains that the big-eyed, high-nosed look is not so much a western look as an internationally recognised ideal. < as lemmas |
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