brown-nose是什么意思_brown-nose怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

brown-nose (v.): also brownnose, 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from brown (adj.) + nose (n.), "from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one"s nose in the anus of the person from whom advancement is sought" [Webster, 1961]. Related: Brown-noser, brown-nosing (both 1950).

词态变化

第三人称单数 brown-noses;
过去式 brown-nosed;
过去分词 brown-nosed;
现在分词 brown-nosing;

2. Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.: 欧内斯特·布朗住在离骚乱发生处几个街区远的地方。

3. Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.: 布朗夫人在11月的选举中仍然没有十足的胜算。

4. We talk in her Belgrade flat, full of heavy old brown furniture.: 我们在她位于贝尔格莱德的公寓里进行了交谈，那屋里满是结实的老式棕色家具。

5. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.: 特别内阁委员会包括布朗先生、曼德尔森先生和斯特劳先生。

butter up 过分恭维

brown nose 马屁精

brown nose disease 褐鼻病

nose at v. 嗅,闻

nose on v. 告密

the nose 机首

on the nose 准确地,正好,正

nose for v. 探听

nose in 向前靠拢The ship was nosing in to the dock.船正靠向码头。

nose into 刺探,探听;管闲事,干涉

brown to 明白领会

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