| 词汇 | follow your nose |
| 释义 | follow your nosefollow your nose informal a) STRAIGHTto go straight forward or continue in the same direction 一直向前走 Just follow your nose until you come to a small bridge. 一直向前，走到一座小桥那里。 b) to go to the place from where there is a particular smell coming 顺着气味的方向走 I followed my nose to the kitchen, where Marcie was making coffee. 我循着香味来到厨房，马西正在那里煮咖啡。 c) CHECK/MAKE SUREto do something in the way that you feel is right 凭直觉 After a few years in the detective game, you learn to follow your nose. 干过几年侦探行当，你就学会凭直觉行事了。 Examples from the Corpus follow your nose• I don't really have a career plan - I just follow my nose.• Turn left on 6th Avenue, then just follow your nose.• Finding her was easy enough, I just followed my nose.• I smelled the coffee and followed my nose.• When the rooftop vanished behind a yellow bluff of gorse, you followed your nose.• You are on the right track so follow your nose.• Lucky girl, Ruth thought miserably as she followed her nose to the kitchen, a choice of two men.• She followed her nose, turning into a passage which led to the back of a small bakery.• In search of an answer, you follow your nose, wherever it leads, actively pursuing the mystery. → follow your nose at follow(9) |
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