译词 | “鼻塞”用英语怎么说？
天气逐渐转凉，易感冒的朋友要小心咯，有的朋友说“感冒可以忍，鼻塞不能忍”~
你知道“鼻塞”用英语怎么说吗？
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口语中，我们常用“stuffy nose”来表示“鼻塞”。
“stuffy”的释义：If your nose is stuffy or you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked with mucus, usually because you have a cold，即“（鼻子）不通气的，堵塞的”。
例句：
I’ve got a stuffy nose.
我鼻子塞住了。
I woke up with a stuffy nose this morning, and it’s been bothering me all day.
今天早上我醒来时鼻子就塞住了，整天都让我感到困扰。
当描述因感冒而引起的“鼻塞”症状时，常用“bunged up”。
“bunged up”的释义：If your nose is bunged up, you find it difficult to breathe because you have a cold，即“鼻塞的”。
例句：
I’ve got a bunged up nose.
我鼻子堵住了。
My nose is so bunged up at the moment.
此刻我的鼻子堵住了。
Whenever I catch a cold, I end up with a bunged up nose and a sore throat.
每次感冒的时候，我的鼻子就会塞住，喉咙也会痛。
如果是“流鼻涕”，我们可以用“runny nose”来表达。
例句：
I have a runny nose.
我一直流鼻涕。
When seasons change, a lot of people suffer of runny nose and other common allergy symptoms, why is it?
当季节变换时，很多人都会出现流鼻涕等常见的过敏症状，这是为什么呢？
如果想要表达“擤鼻子”，我们可以用“blow one's nose”。
例句：
He stopped to blow his nose.
他停下来擤了下鼻涕。
我们都知道nose是指“鼻子”，但在很多表达中它却有着另外的含义，一起来看看~
1. be (right) under your nose
就在（某人）眼前
例句：
I spent all morning looking for the book, and it was right under my nose the whole time.
我花了很长时间找这本书，原来它一直就在我眼皮底下呢。
2. by a nose
以微弱优势（取胜）
例句：
It was a very exciting race. My horse won but only by a nose.
比赛结束得惊心动魄，我的马以微弱优势获得了胜利。
3. get up sb's nose
惹恼，激怒（某人）
例句：
People who drive like that really get up my nose.
像那样开车的人着实让我恼火。
4. have your nose in a book
埋头苦读
例句：
She always has her nose in a book.
她总是埋头看书。
5. have a (good) nose for sth
擅长寻找……；有发现……的能力
例句：
She has a good nose for a bargain.
她特别擅长淘便宜货。
As a reporter, he had a nose for a good story.
身为记者，他善于挖掘好题材。
6. keep your nose clean
不惹事生非，安分守己
例句：
I'd only been out of prison three months, so I was trying to keep my nose clean.
我刚刚出狱3个月，所以尽量安分守己。
7. keep your nose out of sth
不干预，不过问
例句：
She can't keep her nose out of other people's business.
她总是喜欢多管闲事。
8. keep/put your nose to the grindstone
长时间苦干
例句：
She kept her nose to the grindstone all year and got the exam results she wanted.
她整整一年勤奋苦学，终于取得了满意的考试成绩。
9. nose in the air
鼻孔朝天，目中无人
例句：
She walked past me with her nose in the air.
她旁若无人地从我身边走过。
10. nose to tail
首尾相接
例句：
The cars were parked nose to tail down the street.
汽车一辆紧接着一辆地停在街道上。
11. not see/look, etc. beyond/past the end of your nose
目光短浅，只考虑眼前
例句：
In financial planning you need to look beyond the end of your nose.
做财务规划时，你不能只顾眼前。
I don't think his vision for the company goes beyond the end of his nose.
我觉得他对公司的愿景缺乏深谋远虑。
12. on the nose
（常指钱或时间）准确无误
例句：
Her description of the play was right on the nose.
她对这部戏的描述真是分毫不差。
13. stick your nose into sth
探听，探问（不相干的事）
例句：
I wish he'd stop sticking his nose into my personal life!
我希望他别再探听我的私生活！
14. put sb's nose out of joint
（尤指因夺人所爱而）冒犯，激怒（某人）
例句：
John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't.
简得到提升而约翰却没有，他为此鼻子都气歪了。
15. follow your nose
凭直觉做事；一直向前走
例句：
Take a chance and follow your nose - you may be right!
碰碰运气，凭自己的感觉做事——也许你是对的！
Turn left, then just follow your nose and you'll see the shop on your left.
左转，然后一直往前走，你会看见商店就在左边。
16. rub sb's nose in it
揭（某人）的疮疤；不断提起（某人）以前的过失
例句：
Sue failed her exam, so just to rub her nose in it, I put my certificate up on the wall.
苏考试没有及格，所以我把自己的证书贴在墙上，就是为了让她难堪。
17. turn your nose up
嗤之以鼻；瞧不起
例句：
They turned their noses up at the only hotel that was available.
他们看不上那家唯一可住的宾馆。
18. be no skin off sb's nose
与（某人）毫不相干；（某人）毫不在乎
例句：
It's no skin off my nose if you don't take my advice.
你就是不听我的建议，我也一点儿不在乎。
19. be (as) plain as the nose on your face
非常明显
例句：
He's not happy here - that's as plain as the nose on your face.
他在这里不愉快——这是明摆着的。
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