| 单词 | on the nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the nose h. on the nose. (Cf. also (to bet (etc.)) on the nose at sense 1d.) extracted from nosen. (a) With of: immediately before, on the eve of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > immediately before on the nose1681 1681 J. Lauder Hist. Notices (1848) 304 That they, on the nose of a Parliament, came so near the deciding on dubious elections. (b) North American. Exactly on target; precisely on time; to the point. Cf. on the nail at nail n. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 1883 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 20 May 1/3 He hit the ball fairly on the nose, sending it clear to the right field fence. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch vii. 144 The report went around the circuit that the Philadelphia club was stealing signals, because the batters were popping them all on the nose, but no one was able to discover the transmitter. 1943 New Yorker 30 Oct. 21/1 I'll meet you there happest twelve, but on the nose. 1944 W. C. Greet World Words p. v This book has been prepared in great haste. To be readily understood, and, in radio parlance, to be on the nose, were its prime requirements. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues ii. 37 ‘You were supposed to be out weeks ago,’ they told one girl. But I got out right on the nose at the end of four months. 1962 P. Gregory Like Tigress at Bay i. 14 ‘That's it,’ he said. ‘You've hit it right on the nose.’ 1990 Times 2 Oct. 27/2 The group pays on the nose, or in advance, and allows extended credit. (c) Australian slang. Offensive, distasteful; smelly. ΚΠ 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 49 Nose, on the: (said of things) disliked, offensive. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) vi. 86 ‘Christ! Alec,’ he complained. ‘This bait's a bit on the nose, ain't it?’ He spat over the side as the reek of fish-heads a week old..caught his stomach. 1953 D. Cusack Southern Steel 138 The beer's on the nose and the plonk 'd make a willy-wagtail fight an emu. 1974 Australian 12 Dec. 13 She renounced her Australian citizenship and swore everlasting loyalty to the Stars and Stripes. A bit on the nose, we think. 1999 G. Bear Darwin's Radio xxi. 103 ‘It's the same as Herod's flu. Herod's causes mutations and miscarriages. By the way, that name..’ ‘Maybe a bit on the nose,’ Shawbeck said. ‘Who made it up?’ (d) Winemaking. To a person's sense of smell; as regards the smell. ΚΠ 1973 J. M. Broadbent Wine Tasting 38 Although young-looking, there is an absence of raw, youthful, mouth-watering acidity on the nose. 1989 Wine Spectator 31 Aug. 5/3 (Buying Guide insert) Pungently smoky and peppery on the nose, soft and tannic on the palate. 1991 Wine Summer 29/3 This has very good chocolatey depth on the nose. 2000 Independent on Sunday 25 June (Wine Guide Suppl.) 4 On the nose there are beautiful aromatics of flowers, limes, guava and pear, all tinged with honey. < as lemmas |
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