nostril

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nos·tril /ˈnɒstrəl $ ˈnɑː-/ noun [countable]  HBone of the two holes at the end of your nose, through which you breathe and smell things 鼻孔 The smell of gunpowder filled his nostrils. 火药味灌进他的鼻孔。 the horse’s flaring nostrils (=widened nostrils) 马儿张大的鼻孔 →4  See picture of 见图 nostril

Examples from the Corpus

nostril• There were two cavernous nostrils and Nuadu realised that this was the reason for the hissing whispering voice.• In front there were two eyes and a single central nostril, like that of a lamprey.• And her nostrils caught the smell of charring wood.• When she came to, the acrid tingling of sal volatile was in her nostrils.• She pokes the other end inside her nostril.• Magee could feel it clogging his nostrils.• Her almost flat nose tended to widen at the nostrils, flaring over a tidal wave of a mouth.Origin nostril Old English nosthyrl “nose-hole”

nos·tril nounChineseSyllable  

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nostril
nos‧tril /ˈnɒstrəl, ˈnɒstrɪl $ ˈnɑː-/ noun [countable]one of the two holes at the end of your nose, through which you breathe and smell things:
    The smell of gunpowder filled his nostrils.
    the horse’s flaring nostrils (=widened nostrils)

nos·trilBrE /ˈnɒstrəl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnɑːstrəl/ 🔊 noun

either of the two openings at the end of the nose that you breathe through 鼻孔