| 单词 | snout |
| 释义 | snout (once / 3189 pages) n An animal's long, protruding nose is often called a snout. The tricky part, though, is that not all long animal noses are called snouts. An elephant has a very long nose, but we don't call it a snout, we call it a trunk. A horse's nose is rarely referred to as a snout, because it's really their whole face that's long. Birds have beaks. Most dogs have a snout, except for pugs and boxers and other dogs with smashed-in faces. Bears have snouts, as do rats. Do yourself a favor, though, and never tell a person that they have a snout, no matter how large their nose is. Believe it or not, snout may actually be a cousin of the word snot: that should help you remember it! WORD FAMILYsnout: snouts USAGE EXAMPLESIn the first version he calls the Japanese servants “muso,” which translates as “mug” or “snout”; snubs Japanese food; and satirizes Japanese customs. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) The team then used a 3D printer to create the outer shell of a plastic “nose” fashioned after the snout of a Labrador retriever. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) And again I waved my arms and yelled and again it stopped, this time so close I could almost reach out and touch its snout. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1n a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose Syn|Hypo|Hyper neb proboscis, trunk a long flexible snout as of an elephant nose, olfactory organ the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals 2n beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils Syn|Hyper rostrum nose, olfactory organ the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals 3n informal terms for the nose Syn|Hyper beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot nose, olfactory organ the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals |
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