Word · Frequency #26568
nosy
爱打听的；好管闲事的
offensively curious or inquisitive
- 1.
Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
好管闲事的；爱打听别人事情的。
- 2.
offensively curious or inquisitive
过分好奇或爱打听的
- 3.
Having a large or elongated nose.
长着大鼻子或长鼻子的。
好管闲事的；爱打听别人事情的。；过分好奇或爱打听的；长着大鼻子或长鼻子的。；大鼻子的；好管闲事的
In use
My neighbor is so nosy that she always asks about my mail.
Stop being nosy and mind your own business.
He gave me a nosy look when I came home late.
he flipped through my letters in his nosy way
be nosy about sth
about 后面要接打听或好奇的对象；在祈使句中常用来提醒对方不要多问。
Don't be so nosy about other people's business.
别这么好管闲事，老打听别人的事。
get nosy (about sth)
get 强调从不爱管闲事到爱打听的转变，通常带贬义。
He got nosy about the package on the table.
他对桌上的包裹开始好奇起来。
It is nosy of sb to do sth
Connections
Collocations
- nosy neighbor
- 爱管闲事的邻居
- Our nosy neighbor watches everyone who comes and goes.我们那爱管闲事的邻居盯着每一个进出的人。
- nosy parker
- 爱打听别人私事的人
- Don't be such a nosy parker!别这么爱打听别人的事！
- nosy questions
- 刨根问底的问题
- She asked a lot of nosy questions about my salary.她问了很多关于我薪水的刨根问底的问题。
- be nosy about
- 对…爱打听
- He's always nosy about other people's business.他总是爱打听别人的事。
- nosy reporter
- 好管闲事的记者
- A nosy reporter tried to get details of the scandal.一个好管闲事的记者试图挖出这桩丑闻的细节。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：nose(鼻子)加y，爱把鼻子伸进别人事里，即好管闲事。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：Neighborly gossip、Personal questions、Workplace prying 多用于日常口语，形容爱打听别人私事，略带贬义；在正式或书面场合较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 nosy /ˈnoʊzi/ 押韵的词有 cozy /ˈkoʊzi/、rosy /ˈroʊzi/、posy /ˈpoʊzi/、dozy /ˈdoʊzi/，它们的重读元音和尾部都相同。noisy /ˈnɔɪzi/ 和 busy /ˈbɪzi/ 拼写相似，但元音不同，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.