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Poking around inside our nostrils is disgusting, unhygienic and potentially harmful, so it’s baffling that it’s as common as it is? 在鼻孔里捅来捅去听起来真恶心，既不卫生也不安全，真是很奇怪为什么抠鼻子会那么流行。 Most of us do it, but few of us will admit to it. If we get caught red-handed, we experience shame and regret. And we tend to frown upon others when they do it in public. I'm talking, of course, about reaching up into your nostrils with a finger in an effort to scrape out snot. Would anybody ever decide to see what snot tastes like? 这是一件很多都会做但鲜少有人承认的事。如果哪天你被当场抓住，那肯定是又尴尬又羞愧。而且如果我们看见别人在公开抠鼻，也会抛过去一个白眼。我说的抠鼻是指：伸出一个手指，捅进鼻孔，把鼻涕等物什从鼻孔里掏出来。难道有人会想要尝尝鼻涕的滋味吗？ The formal medical term used to describe the act of picking one's nose is “rhinotillexomania”. The first systematic scientific study of the phenomenon may have been undertaken as recently as 1995, by a pair of US researchers named Thompson and Jefferson. They sent a survey by mail to 1,000 adult residents of Dane County, Wisconsin. 抠鼻的医学术语是“rhinotillexomania”（抠鼻子），对它的系统研究可能也就从1995年美国科研人员汤普森和杰弗逊的研究开始。他们向威斯康辛州戴恩县的1000名成年人发送了调查问卷邮件。 | 
