Phrase
nose count
/nəuz kaunt/
noun
人口统计；人数清点
a periodic count of the population
- 1.
a periodic count of the population
定期的人口统计。
定期的人口统计。；<口>清点人数；投票计数
In use
The organizers need to do a nose count to ensure everyone is back on the bus.
After the debate, the party will take a nose count to decide the nominee.
The final decision will be based on a nose count of the board members.
do a nose count
Let's do a nose count to see how many people are here.
我们来清点一下人数，看看这里有多少人。
take a nose count
The teacher took a nose count before the field trip.
老师在实地考察前清点了人数。
the nose count shows/indicates
常用于投票或人数统计后的结果说明。
The nose count shows that we have enough votes to pass the motion.
投票计数显示我们有足够票数通过动议。
Common mistakes
We need to do nose count.We need to do a nose count.
在英语中，可数名词短语"nose count"作单数使用时，通常需要冠词（a/an/the）。中文学习者可能因为汉语没有冠词而遗漏。
They took a nose count for the audience.They took a nose count of the audience.
名词"nose count"后常接介词"of"表示被清点的对象。中文学习者可能受其他语境影响而误用"for"。
Connections
Confusing words
- census
- 人口普查 · census指官方对人口进行的系统统计，而nose count是非正式的表达，常指在会议或投票中的清点人数。
- head count
- 清点人数 · head count与nose count同义，均为非正式的‘清点人数’，但head count更常用且字面意思更直接。
Word family
- countable
- 可数的 · adj.
- uncountable
- 不可数的 · adj.
- counter
- 计数器 · n.
- countdown
- 倒计时 · n.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.