| 单词 | nose to nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnose to nose c. nose to nose: directly and closely facing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [phrase] > face to face neb to neblOE face to (earlier and, for) face1535 front to fronta1585 on (also upon) the square?1611 nose to nose1732 1732 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 382 You sit down quite close as ever you can, nose to nose. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 226 In contact inconvenient, nose to nose. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxi. 283 The two parties would often meet nose to nose in the same street. a1901 R. W. Buchanan Sweet Nancy (1914) I. 24 (stage direct.) They are facing each other closely, nose to nose. 1991 G. Ehrlich Islands, Universe, Home ii. 19 I imagine the equatorial sash, now nose-to-nose with the sun, sizzling like a piece of bacon, and the earth slowly tilting. < as lemmas |
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