prodnose

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of busybody. slang
    — It would be rash to suppose that the Institute was just a gatherum of clay-minded prodnoses.
动词 v.
  1. To meddle; to interfere where one is unwelcome. slang
    — It's up to you, ladies and gents of the jury, to judge in all fairness whether what follows is in itself culpable, or whether rather the fact that it leads up to the Old Cock getting the push is just another example of the stinking hypocrisy of the official mind which while getting up to I wouldn't like to say what under their whited sheets in their safe suburban nights, puts on a celluloid collar in the morning and with a tight greasy mind goes prodnosing around with a black note-book and a stub of pencil picking up evidence of immorality and inefficiency on the part of war veterans and other true men of the world.

词形变化

prodnoses plural prodnoses present,singular,third-person prodnosing participle,present prodnosed participle,past prodnosed past

词源

词源 1
From the name of a character created by J. B. Morton, from prod + nose; compare stick one's nose in.
词源 2
From the name of a character created by J. B. Morton, from prod + nose; compare stick one's nose in.
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