The ship nosed its way slowly through the ice. 那艘船缓慢地破冰前进.
nosed
[ adj ] having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind <adj.all>
Nose \Nose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nosed} (n[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Nosing}.] 1. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. --Tennyson.
A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. --Burke.
3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] --Cowley.
4. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. To examine with the nose or sense of smell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the station; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. (Racing Slang) to beat by (the length of) a nose. Hence, to defeat in a contest by a small margin; also used in the form {nose out}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Nosed \Nosed\, a. Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chiefly used in composition; as, pug-nosed.
One was about the size as the surviving whales and had numerous wounds on its snout similar to those the trapped whales suffered as they nosed up through their ice-clogged breathing holes.
That is not to deny the strength of underwriting recovery in the UK, which made up the remainder of the profits increase. Like General Accident, CU has now nosed into underwriting profit on most of its UK personal lines.
Advancing issues nosed out declines on the NYSE, with 781 up, 775 down and 487 unchanged.
Without a timely reduction in the annual charge taken to cover the upkeep of its sewers, Severn Trent's water business would barely have nosed ahead last year.
But prices nosed upward on light volume as the afternoon progressed.
First aid squads treated hundreds of victims on the spot. Ambulances nosed through the crowds, taking the injured to hospital, the dead to the morgue.