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nuzzle 音标拼音: [n'ʌzəl] vt.
vi. 将鼻插入,用鼻掘,用鼻爱抚 将鼻插入,用鼻掘,用鼻爱抚 nuzzle v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; " We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; " The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" [ synonym: { cuddle}, { snuggle}, { nestle}, { nest}, { nuzzle}, { draw close}] 2: rub noses [ synonym: { nuzzle}, { nose}] 3: dig out with the snout; " the pig nuzzled the truffle" Nuzzle \ Nuz" zle\ ( n[ u^] z" z' l), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Nuzzled} ( n[ u^] z" z' ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Nuzzling} ( n[ u^] z" zl[ i^] ng).] [ See { Noursle}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. [ Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. { Nustle}.] To nestle; to house, as in a nest. [ 1913 Webster]
Nuzzle \ Nuz" zle\ ( n[ u^] z" z' l), v. i. [ Dim. fr. nose. See { Nozzle}.] 1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud. [ 1913 Webster] And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. [ 1913 Webster] Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster] 3. [ Cf. { Nuzzle}, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in the mother' s bosom; to nestle. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To loiter; to idle. [ Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster]
Noursle \ Nour" sle\, v. t. [ Freq., fr. OE. nourse. See { Nurse}.] To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [ Obs.] [ Written also { nosel}, { nousel}, { nousle}, { nowsle}, { nusle}, { nuzzle}, etc.] [ 1913 Webster] She noursled him till years he raught. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for " nuzzle": bundle, burrow, caress, croodle, cuddle, feel up, fondle, knead, lap, massage, nestle, nose, pet, rub, rub against, rub noses, snuggle, stroke
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