1. nose鼻子

　　英解: the part of the face above the mouth used for smelling and breathing

　　A: Stop picking your nose! We are having dinner here.

　　別挖鼻子了！我們正在吃晚餐呢。

　　B: I am sorry, but I have to. My nose is itchy.

　　對不起，可是我沒辦法呀。我鼻子好癢。

　2. nose緩慢的前進

　　英解：to move forward slowly and carefully

　　A: The road is jammed, we are going to miss the train!

　　這條路塞滿了車，我們一定會錯過火車的！

　　B: If we had a scooter we would be able to nose through the traffic.

　　如果我們有小機車，就可慢慢的鑽過車陣了。　　

　3. cut off one's nose to spite one's face自找苦吃

　　英解：to disadvantage yourself when trying to harm someone else.

　　A: I had another big argument with my mom, so I'm going to move out of home!

　　我又跟我老媽大吵一架，我要搬出去住了！ 　　

　　B: Well, they don't charge you any rent right? So you shouldn't cut off your nose to spite your face.

　　可是，你又不用付房租給你老母，對不對？所以自找苦吃。

4. keep one's nose to the grindstone專心工作

　　英解：to concentrate on working hard

　　A: Hey, it's time to go home. Aren't you coming?

　　嘿，下班了。不走嗎？

　　B: No, I've really got to keep my nose to the grindstone and get this project finished.

　　不要，我真的得專心工作把這件案子趕完。 　　

5. thumb one's nose鄙視　　英解: to show disrespect to someone or something

　　A: Saddam Hussein thumbed his nose

at the U.N. when he refused to let the inspectors in.

　　當海珊拒絕讓武檢人員入境，真是藐視聯合國。

　　B: Well, the U.S. decision to go to war without complete U.N. backing was also pretty disrespectful!

　　嗯，美國未獲得聯合國的支持就逕自攻打伊拉克，也是很無禮啊！