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nuzzle

C2 verb

nuzzle /ˈnʌz(ə)l/ nghĩa là úi mũi vào, dí mũi vào

Các nghĩa

  1. úi mũi vào, dí mũi vào

    To push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an object) against or into something.

    transitive

    Miſs Sprightly and you are alvvays nuzling your Heads together.

  2. cọ mũi, cọ mặt vào

    To rub or touch (someone or something) with the nose, face, etc., or an object.

    transitive

    The horse nuzzled its foal’s head gently to wake him up.

    She nuzzled her girlfriend in the cinema.

    Within a couple of hours, pictures of General B nuzzling Kitty Jackson were being posted and traded on the Web.

  3. ủi (thức ăn) lên từ đất

    Chiefly of an animal: to dig (something, especially food) out of the ground using the nose or snout; to root.

    transitive

  4. úi mũi vào, cọ mũi vào ai/cái gì

    Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.

    intransitive

    The bird nuzzled up to the wires of the cage.

    Help, all good fellows! See you not that I am a dead man? They [sharks] are nuzzling already at my toes!

    The red mare ran to the Colonel's son, and nuzzled against his breast; […]

  5. ủi đất tìm thức ăn

    Chiefly of an animal: to push the nose or snout into the ground to dig for something, especially food; to root, to rootle.

    intransitive

  6. nằm cuộn mình, rúc vào

    Followed by down: to settle or lie comfortably and snugly in a bed, nest, etc.; to nestle.

    intransitive

    [T]h' abſtruſeſt things / VVhich in the Mind's dark Temper nuzling lie, / By you expoſed are to every eye.

    [T]he ferret is a shivery creature, and likes nothing so well as to nozzle down in a coat-pocket with a little hay.

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  1. rúc vào, âu yếm, nũng nịu

    Chiefly followed by up or with: to press affectionately against someone or something; to nestle, to snuggle.

    intransitive

    [W]ill your reſt / ſeme ſvveeter, if I nuzzle on your breſt?

  2. áp sát, tiếp xúc gần

    To come into close contact with someone or something.

    figuratively · intransitive

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