| 词汇 | nosy |
| 释义 | nosy adjective disapproving(alsonosey)uk /ˈnəʊ.zi/ us /ˈnoʊ.zi/ C2 too interested in what other people are doing and wanting to discover too much about them: 好管闲事的;爱打听的 She was complaining about her nosy parents.她在抱怨她父母爱管闲事。 A rather nosey woman once asked him about his personal life. interested in learning about people or things curiousThe best students are the ones who are curious about everything. inquisitiveShe's such an inquisitive little girl! inquiringThe organization tries to encourage inquiring and analytical young people to go into the sciences. nosy"Did her spouse leave her?" "Well, aren't you rather nosy!" prurientThat reporter has a reputation for being prurient and asking questions that are too invasive. Nosy neighbours can be valuable sources of information. Children are nosey by nature. Strict privacy laws in France usually dissuade the nosiest of reporters. Curiosity curiosity curiosity killed the catidiom curious curious about something curiously inquiringly inquisitive inquisitively inquisitiveness inquisitorial nosy parker out of curiosity peeper prurience pruriency quizzically satisfy someone's curiosity stick your nose into somethingidiom stick your snoot in/into (something)idiom thirsty Related wordsnosily nosiness nosy | American Dictionarynosy adjective (alsonosey)us/ˈnoʊ·zi/ too interested in what other people are doing and wanting to discover too much about them: I was a nosy kid. Examples of nosynosy So, for brother, horse and nose, there is not only fraternal, equine, and nasal, but also brotherly, horsey, and nosy. Ironically, sniffing out such meanings may be considered part of the licence that perfumance grants the nosy textual detective. There are too many nosy parkers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Trixie loves nothing more than gossiping with her fellow colleagues and is quite nosy when it comes to other people's business. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mummies also have the power to make a horrifying face, usually used to scare away nosy bystanders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their efforts are hampered by the arrival of a nosy reporter and by the sudden presence of 2-meter tall giant praying mantises. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Being transported across country by train, the micro-organism is released when a nosy train employee inspects the cargo. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is very nosy and knows everything that goes on around the school. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Being able to be in constant contact with the world becomes a nosy generation where everyone knows everyone's business and everyone's business is everyone else's. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She was known for playing a variety of disapproving in-laws, motherly landladies, nosy neighbours and helpful housekeepers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This may indicate that a person is nosy or rude. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. What he finds upon reaching their vacation destination is a very dilapidated beach house with nosy neighbors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She was known as nosy, with a good head for gossip. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Pierin are described as curious and friendly to the point of being nosy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Typically, this is harmless, such as making the nosy reporter weightless and then pushing him out the door. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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