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knocker

/nok-er/US // ˈnɒk ər //UK // (ˈnɒkə) //

敲门人,敲门者,敲门砖,敲门声

Related Words

carper珀尔,珀,珀斯,珀子caviler穴居人,穴居者,蛀虫,穴居士censor检查员,缄口不言,审查员,审查nitpicker吹毛求疵者,挑剔的人,吹毛求疵,挑剔者quibbler争论不休的人,争论者,争论不休,争辩者faultfinder寻错人,寻错者,找茬者,找茬的人hypercritic高批评者,高评语者,高评论家,高评语

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that knocks.
    • : a hinged knob, bar, etc., on a door, for use in knocking.
    • : Informal. a persistent and carping critic; faultfinder.
    • : Slang: Vulgar. a female breast.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incriticizer
Synonyms
carper珀尔,珀,珀斯,珀子caviler穴居人,穴居者,蛀虫,穴居士censor检查员,缄口不言,审查员,审查faultfinder寻错人,寻错者,找茬者,找茬的人hypercritic高批评者,高评语者,高评论家,高评语nitpicker吹毛求疵者,挑剔的人,吹毛求疵,挑剔者quibbler争论不休的人,争论者,争论不休,争辩者

Examples

  • Add an address plaque above your door or install a stylish door knocker.

  • The knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.

  • Aristide, however, went up to the door; as there was neither knocker nor bell, he rapped with his knuckles.

  • At the bottom of Knocker's Bay is a shoal mangrove opening, of no importance.

  • When I am dead the knocker will pass into other hands equally persistent with those of the mighty men who handed it to me.

  • This was of oak after a design of his own, and was wide and massive, with hinges of wrought-iron and a dragon's-head knocker.

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