turn up one's nose

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌtɜːn‿ʌp wʌnz ˈnəʊz/    美 /ˌtɜɹn‿ʌp wʌnz ˈnoʊz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To tilt one's face upwards slightly, thus raising one's nose, and often to look downwards at someone, as a sign of contempt, disgust, or scorn. intransitive
    — When your turn came, you were carefully collared, and led up to the presence, as if even at that awful moment you were mutinously and murderously disposed. The Pasha, looking at you with a vicious sneer, turned up his nose, ejaculated "Ajemi," and prescribed the bastinado.
  2. Followed by at.; To refuse something offered, especially with contempt, disgust, or scorn, or with apparent disregard about offending the offerer. idiomatic,intransitive
    — I tried to help, but they turned up their noses at my advice.
  3. Followed by at.; To regard or treat someone with contempt or scorn; to scorn; also, to disregard or ignore someone in a contemptuous or scornful way. idiomatic,intransitive
    — [A] Man muſt be nice indeed, that turns up his Noſe at a VVoman, vvho has no vvorſe Imperfection, than ſetting too great a Value upon her Underſtanding.

词形变化

turns up one's nose present,singular,third-person turning up one's nose participle,present turned up one's nose participle,past turned up one's nose past turn one's nose up alternative

词源

From turn (verb) + up (preposition) + one’s + nose (noun), describing a gesture possibly universally understood as indicating contempt, disgust, or scorn which has existed at least since Ancient Greek times: see Ancient Greek ἐκμυκτηρίζω (ekmuktērízō, “to hold in derision”), from ἐκ- (ek-, prefix expressing completion or totality) and μυκτηρίζω (muktērízō, “to turn up the nose, sneer at”) (from μῠκτήρ (mŭktḗr, “nostril”)).
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