鼻 — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
鼻 is used for these senses in English:
- cape (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
- nose A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- trunk The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
cape — full definition
- noun A sleeveless outer garment that hangs from the shoulders and covers the back and arms.
- noun A piece of land jutting out into the sea; a headland.
nose — full definition
- noun The part of the face that contains the nostrils and is used for breathing and smelling.
- noun The projecting front or tip of an object, such as an aircraft or vehicle.
- noun A person's sense of smell, or the ability to detect or judge something, especially wine or a story worth investigating.
- verb To move slowly and carefully forward, front end first.
- verb To pry or snoop into something, often as "nose around" or "nose into."