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nostrils

/nos-truhl/US // ˈnɒs trəl //UK // (ˈnɒstrɪl) //

鼻孔,鼻腔,鼻口,鼻翼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : either of the two external openings of the nose.

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Examples

  • Failing to cover both renders even a high-quality mask basically useless, since you can still exhale viral particles from your nostrils if they’re not underneath the mask.

  • A family of four walking down the street, mom and kids masked up—but the dad’s mask doesn’t quite reach his nostrils.

  • The virus can also sometimes just hang around in a person’s nostrils after they are exposed, Barocas said.

  • There are plenty to choose from, whether it be box breathing or alternate nostril breathing or something in between.

  • Facing the health-care worker, he straightens his back, takes a swab to the nostrils, scrunches his face and exhales.

  • The physician should heal the ulcer, and the child should be taught always to vaseline the nostril before cleansing it.

  • The nostrils of a fish can be proved to end in little pits, one under each nostril hole.

  • Her nose was Grecian, but perhaps a little too wide at the nostril to be considered perfect in its chiselling.

  • The Œstrus ovis occasions much distress to the sheep at the moment of depositing its eggs within the nostril.

  • When this has continued for a few seconds, the pipe is withdrawn, and the operation repeated on the other nostril.