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nostril

noun
🔊/ˈnɒstrəl/
🔊/ˈnɑːstrəl/
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  1. either of the two openings at the end of the nose that you breathe through鼻孔
    • The horse flared its nostrils.马的鼻孔张大了。
    • The smell of decay lingered in her nostrils.腐烂的气味在她鼻子里久久不散。
    • The stench of the cellar filled my nostrils.我鼻子里全是地窖发出的恶臭。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + nostril
    • fill
    nostril + verb
    • flare
    nostril + noun
    • hair
    preposition
    • in your nostrils
    • through your nostrils
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    Word OriginOld English nosterl, nosthyrl, from nosu ‘nose’ + thȳr(e)l ‘hole’.