nose about

nose about

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• un.嗅；闻；(喻)探听；搜查
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英汉解释

un.	1. 嗅;闻;(喻)探听;搜查;侦查:

英英解释

un.	1. smell for;(fig.)pry or search for

例句

It has a horn upon its nose, about a cubit in length; this horn is solid, and cleft through the middle.

它在鼻子上面有一个角，大约一肘的长度；这个角非常坚固，从中间长出来。

But the wall is interrupted by a deep ditch, where pigs nose about with birds perched on their backs.

但是这堵墙被一条很深的水沟一分为二，在那里猪边走变嗅，小鸟在它们的背上休息。

After the chief accountant had bloodied Olive's nose about errors in the figures, she took much more care over checking them.

自从总会计师责备奥列夫在做帐时发生数字差错后，她在核对数字时小心多了。

It is not a good habit to nose about for other's grapevine news.

打探别人的隐私是个不好的习惯。