also brownnose, 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from brown (adj.) + nose (n.), "from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one's nose in the anus of the person from whom advancement is sought" [Webster, 1961]. Related: Brown-noser, brown-nosing (both 1950).
实用例句
1. The sand martin is a brown bird with white underneath.
崖沙燕是一种褐羽白腹的鸟。来自柯林斯例句
2. Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.
欧内斯特·布朗住在离骚乱发生处几个街区远的地方。来自柯林斯例句
3. Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.
布朗夫人在11月的选举中仍然没有十足的胜算。来自柯林斯例句
4. We talk in her Belgrade flat, full of heavy old brown furniture.
我们在她位于贝尔格莱德的公寓里进行了交谈，那屋里满是结实的老式棕色家具。来自柯林斯例句
5. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.
