nosy

英 ['nəʊzi] 美 ['noʊzi]

• adj. 好管闲事的；爱追问的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. offensively curious or inquisitive;

   "curious about the neighbor's doings"
   "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"
   "prying eyes"
   "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The nosy couple broke in on our conversation.
   那对好管闲事的夫妇闯入我们的交谈。
2. That old lady is very nosy, so nobody like to talk to her.
   那个老妇人是个包打听

经典引文

• If you hadn't been so..nosy you'd never have known a thing about it.

  出自： N. Coward

• You get to looking at people, when you're on your own. It's kind of nosy.

  出自： P. Lively

词汇搭配

• Nosy Parker 好事者

近反义词

【近义词】

• curious 好奇的
• prying 爱打听的
• inquisitive 好奇的
• interfering 妨碍的
• meddlesome 爱管闲事的
• intrusive 打搅的
• snoopy 爱窥探者
• nosey 大鼻子的