nostril

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n. 鼻孔 [医] 鼻孔

发音

UK /ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/
其它
UK /ˈnɒs.tɹəl/
CA /ˈnɑ.stɹəl/
US /ˈnɑ.stɹəl/
AU /ˈnɔs.tɹəl/

词形变化

nostrils 复数 nostrils

别名

nosethirl

教材释义与例句

名词

鼻孔

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

    鼻孔

    鼻子眼

    鼻哥窿

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

naris

整体词 2

nose olfactory organ

词源

From Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”). By surface analysis, nose + thirl (“hole”).

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