English Dictionary

nose

/nəʊz/

noun

A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. / A snout, the nose of an animal. / The tip of an object.

She touched her nose gently.

意味（1）

A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.

The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].

意味（2）

A snout, the nose of an animal.

意味（3）

The tip of an object.

the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane

意味（4）

The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.

意味（5）

(horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.

Red Rum only won by a nose.

意味（6）

A perfumer.

意味（7）

The power of smelling.

We are not offended with […] a dog for a better nose than his master.

意味（8）

Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

意味（9）

The skill in recognising bouquet.

It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.

意味（10）

(by extension) Skill at finding information.

A successful reporter has a nose for news.

意味（11）

(architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.

意味（12）

(slang) An informer.

[…] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; […]