nose sth ↔ out informal1 to discover some information that someone else does not want you to discover打探出，查出:•The media always manage to nose out some interesting facts about a politician's past life.媒体总是想方设法挖出政客以前的一些趣事。2. to defeat someone by a very small amount in a race, competition etc以微弱优势取胜 |