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to touch or rub somebody/something with the nose or face, especially to show love （用鼻子或嘴）摩擦，触（尤指表达爱意） - nuzzle somebody/something
She nuzzled his ear. 她用嘴磨蹭他的耳朵。 🔊🔊 - + adv./prep.
The child nuzzled up against his mother. 这孩子依偎着他妈妈。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNuzzle is used with these nouns as the object:- ear
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘grovel’): frequentative from nose, reinforced by Dutch neuzelen ‘poke with the nose’.- nuzzle somebody/something