nose out

动词 nose out:

1. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
   同义词：sniff out, scent out, smell out

1. His mother put his nose out of joint by not letting him go to the movie.
   他的母亲不让他去看电影，他感到很失望。
2. Alice had cowered under the blankets hiding from the bogey man, who, her elder brothers assured her, would come and get her if she so much as poked her nose out.
   艾丽斯畏缩在毛毯底下躲避那个妖怪，她哥哥使她相信，如果她把鼻子伸出来，妖怪就会来捉她。
3. He's so conceited that when she refused his invitation, it really put his nose out of joint.
   他很自负，她没接受他的邀请可把他的鼻子气歪了。
4. That man can nose out a news story anywhere.
   那个人在任何地方都能搜寻出新闻。