To express scorn or derision by or as if by placing the thumb on the nose and wiggling the fingers; thumb one's nose:向上翻起，向上举起：经由或是好象经由把拇指放在鼻子上和摆动手指来表示藐视或嘲笑；用拇指弄歪鼻子：“[He] could cock a snoot at the rest of the . . . world and blithely go his own way" (Elie Kedourie)“[他] 在其余人面前翘起鼻子…愉快地走他自己的路” (伊利·吉多利)