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brass

/bras, brahs/US // bræs, brɑs //UK // (brɑːs) //

黄铜,铜管,铜,黄铜色

Related Words

presumption推定,假设,假定,推断confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖impertinence无礼,无礼行为,不礼貌,无理取闹cheek脸颊,脸蛋,脸皮,颊impudence厚颜无耻,傲慢无礼,冒失鬼,大胆audacity胆识,勇气,胆量,胆大妄为assumption假设,假定,臆断brashness蛮横,野蛮行为,野蛮生长,蛮横无理rudeness无礼,粗鲁,非礼,粗暴无礼gall胆量,胆汁,勇气,胆chutzpah厚颜无耻,厚脸皮,厚颜,鲁莽insolence非礼勿视,非礼行为,非礼,无礼行为effrontery媚俗,媚态,媚术,媚俗之心

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
    • : a utensil, ornament, or other article made of such an alloy.
    • : Music. brass instrument. brass instruments collectively in a band or orchestra.
    • : metallic yellow; lemon, amber, or reddish yellow.
    • : Informal. high-ranking military officers.any very important officials.
    • : Informal. excessive self-assurance; impudence; effrontery.
    • : Machinery. a replaceable semicylindrical shell, usually of bronze, used with another such to line a bearing; a half bushing.
    • : British. a memorial tablet or plaque, often incised with an effigy, coat of arms, or the like.
    • : Furniture. any piece of ornamental or functional hardware, as a drawer pull, made of brass.
    • : British Slang. money.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, made of, or pertaining to brass.
    • : composed for or using musical instruments made of brass.
    • : having the color brass.

Phrases

  • brass hat
  • brass ring
  • bold as brass
  • double in brass
  • get down to brass tacks

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounimpulsiveness; nerve
Synonyms
assumption假设,假定,臆断audacity胆识,勇气,胆量,胆大妄为brashness蛮横,野蛮行为,野蛮生长,蛮横无理cheek脸颊,脸蛋,脸皮,颊chutzpah厚颜无耻,厚脸皮,厚颜,鲁莽confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖effrontery媚俗,媚态,媚术,媚俗之心gall胆量,胆汁,勇气,胆impertinence无礼,无礼行为,不礼貌,无理取闹impudence厚颜无耻,傲慢无礼,冒失鬼,大胆insolence非礼勿视,非礼行为,非礼,无礼行为presumption推定,假设,假定,推断rudeness无礼,粗鲁,非礼,粗暴无礼

Examples

  • A small group of vanguard companies have proven that it’s possible for every employee to enjoy the fruits of ownership—for everyone at work to be a self-managing “micropreneur” blessed with autonomy and a shot at the brass ring.

  • For the previous 28 years of the competition, finalists of Brandstorm have presented their pitches in person to members of the company’s top brass in Paris.

  • This sprinkler features 20 precision brass nozzles for gentle and even coverage of up to 3,600 square feet.

  • For the theremin’s 100th anniversary, Moog unveils the gorgeous Claravox Centennial — With a walnut cabinet, brass antennas and a plethora of wonderful knobs and dials, the Claravox looks like it emerged from a prewar recording studio.

  • With a walnut cabinet, brass antennas and a plethora of wonderful knobs and dials, the Claravox looks like it emerged from a prewar recording studio, as indeed is the intention.

  • But that project ran into serious hurdles with the network brass.

  • So maybe we should take a lesson from women with brass ovaries: comedy and feminism are longstanding bedfellows.

  • But even as he was receiving awards, the military brass was processing his discharge—they had found out he was transgender.

  • Violation of gravitas is being taken ‘extremely seriously’ by army top brass, source says.

  • A source said that while the video may be entertaining, the incident is being taken ‘extremely seriously’ by army top brass.

  • They were provided with sails and twelve oars each, and a falconet, or small brass cannon.

  • "I wonder if 'twas a brass drum, such as has 'Eblubust Unum' printed on't," said Mrs. Slocum.

  • Picture frames, nicely moulded in brass, were made here in 1825, by a modeller named Maurice Garvey.

  • The air was heavy with the perfume of frankincense which smouldered in a brass vessel set upon a tray.

  • Latten, the term given to thin sheets of brass, was formerly applied to sheets of tinned iron.

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