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nose

N0127100 (nōz)n.1. The part of the human face or the forward part of the head of other vertebrates that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract.2. The sense of smell: a dog with a good nose.3. The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell: has a nose for gossip.4. The characteristic smell of a wine or liqueur; bouquet.5. Informal The nose considered as a symbol of prying: Keep your nose out of my business.6. Something, such as the forward end of an aircraft, rocket, or submarine, that resembles a nose in shape or position.7. A very short distance or narrow margin: won the race by a nose.v. nosed, nos·ing, nos·es v.tr.1. To find out by or as if by smell: nosed out the thieves' hiding place.2. To touch with the nose; nuzzle.3. To move, push, or make with or as if with the nose.4. To advance the forward part of cautiously: nosed the car into the flow of traffic.v.intr.1. To smell or sniff.2. Informal To search or inquire meddlesomely; snoop or pry: nosing around looking for opportunities.3. To advance with caution: The ship nosed into its berth.Phrasal Verb: nose out To defeat by a narrow margin.Idioms: down (one's) nose Informal With disapproval, contempt, or arrogance: Year-round residents here look down their noses at the summer people. on the nose Exactly; precisely: predicted the final score on the nose. under (someone's) nose In plain view: The keys are right under your nose.

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[Middle English, from Old English nosu; see nas- in Indo-European roots.]

nose out

vb (tr, adverb) 1. to discover by smelling2. to discover by cunning or persistence: the reporter managed to nose out a few facts. 3. informal to beat by a narrow margin: he was nosed out of first place by the champion.

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Verb

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nose out - recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell out trouble"scent out, smell out, sniff out

nose

noun1. The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract:proboscis.Informal: beak, snoot.Slang: nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snout.2. The sense by which odors are perceived:olfaction, scent, smell.3. Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging:acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, eye, keenness, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, wit.verb1. To perceive with the olfactory sense:scent, smell, sniff, snuff, whiff.Idiom: catch a whiff of.2. Informal. To look into or inquire about curiously, inquisitively, or in a meddlesome fashion.Also used with around:poke, pry, snoop.Idiom: stick one's nose into.phrasal verb
nose outTo pursue and locate:hunt down, run down, trace, track down.Idiom: run to earth.

Translations

嗅出

nose

(nəuz) noun1. the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe. She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose. 鼻子 鼻子2. the sense of smell. Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails. 嗅覺 嗅觉3. the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position. the nose of an aeroplane. 鼻狀物 鼻状物 verb1. to make a way by pushing carefully forward. The ship nosed (its way) through the ice. 小心向前推進 小心翼翼地向前移动2. to look or search as if by smelling. He nosed about (in) the cupboard. 翻看，翻找 窥探，四处查看 -noseda long-nosed dog. 有...鼻子的(後綴) 有...鼻子的（后缀） ˈnos(e)y adjective taking too much interest in other people and what they are doing. She is a very nos(e)y person. 愛管閒事的 爱管闲事的ˈnosily adverb 愛管閒事地 爱管闲事地ˈnosiness noun 愛管閒事 好打听，爱管闲事 ˈnose-bag noun food-bag for horses, hung over the head. (掛在馬頸上的)飼料袋 马首粮秣袋ˈnosedive noun a dive or fall with the head or nose first. The aeroplane did a nosedive into the sea. 俯衝 俯冲ˈnose job noun plastic surgery on the nose. 鼻子整形手術 鼻子整形手术 verb to make such a dive. Suddenly the plane nosedived. 俯衝 俯冲follow one's nose to go straight forward. 往前走 笔直走lead by the nose to make (a person) do whatever one wants. 牽著鼻子走 牵着鼻子走nose out to find (as if) by smelling. The dog nosed out its master's glove. 嗅出 嗅出pay through the nose to pay a lot, or too much. 被敲竹槓 被敲竹杠turn up one's nose at to treat with contempt. He turned up his nose at the school dinner. 嗤之以鼻 嗤之以鼻under (a person's) (very) nose right in front of (a person). The book was right under my very nose; He stole the money from under my very nose. 當著某人的面 当着某人的面