1. Old English nosthyrl, nosthirl, literally "the hole of the nose".
2. Etymologically, a nostril is a 'nosehole', from nose => nos- + thyrl "hole" (see thrill).
3. 同源词:thrill, nostril, through.
nostril: [OE] Etymologically, a nostril is a ‘nosehole’. Its Old English ancestor was nosthyrl, a compound formed from nosu ‘nose’ and thyrl ‘hole’. This was a derivative of thurh ‘through’, and still survives as thirl, a dialectal word for ‘hole’. => nose, thrill, through
nostril (n.)
Old English nosþyrl, nosðirl, literally "the hole of the nose," from nosu "nose" (see nose (n.)) + þyrel "hole" (see thrill (v.)).
权威例句
1. There was the same refinement of brow and nostril in both.
两人的额头和鼻梁同样细嫩.
2. The nose : beautifully formed otherwise, was very slightly pinched at the top of each nostril.
那鼻子若不是在两道鼻翼上略微凹下了些,便可以算得上漂亮.
3. On the paralyzed side the ear is pendulous, the eye partly closed, and the nostril immobilized.
在麻痹的一侧,耳下垂; 眼半闭, 鼻孔不运动.
4. The nose, beautifully formed otherwise was very slightly pinched at the top of one nostril.
那鼻子要不是有个鼻孔顶端稍微凹下, 是美丽的.
5. Dark night give me black eyes, but I welcome brightness with nostril.