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nosy

/noh-zee/US // ˈnoʊ zi //UK // (ˈnəʊzɪ) //

八卦,爱管闲事的人,爱管闲事,八卦的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    nos·i·er, nos·i·est.

    • : unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.

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Examples

  • I really don't think I have to explain this or be embarrassed by nosy questions.

  • Kathryn Hahn is an utter delight as the nosy next-door neighbor who seems to be hiding a secret.

  • I have been called "nosy" and been accused of giving someone "the third degree."

  • He asked to talk on the phone, but I declined because my kids were home and they're very nosy.

  • The nosiest, noisiest, and most persistent shareholders are usually those looking for a quick gain, and the market famously rewards businesses that discount the future and externalize costs onto communities and the environment.

  • Edmund is now 4, and is a giggly, sociable, nosy, occasionally impertinent boy.

  • But often they simply conceal their activities from friends and family, rather than put up with a lot of nosy questions.

  • Sounds to me like Pew conducted its survey by flagging down cars full of stoned teenagers and asking nosy questions.

  • Unfortunately, the mission soon goes haywire when a group of menacing Miami mobsters—and the nosy Rosalyn—get involved.

  • As annoying as he is--and he is very annoying, we continue to need the extremely nosy presence of dear old Uncle Sam.

  • Being the nosy child I was, every once in a while I would look him up in the phone book so I knew he existed.

  • I didn't like to ask too many questions for I might have got fired for being too nosy.

  • Belts raced and flapped from nosy shafts along the ceiling—a steady, uninterrupted din.

  • Not until he swings around and I gets a view of that nosy profile do I gasp any gasps.

  • But he's not so new that he hasn't had time to study the area or to make plans to lead nosy people to the quarry.