英语词汇“brass”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-旅客吧

词汇

brass

释义

brass

Theme: OFFICER

n. high-ranking military or civilian officers.

We'll see what the brass has to say first.The brass said no to your promotion.

brass

Ⅰ

1. adjective

fashionable, smart UK, 1968

2. noun

in the military, high-ranking officers as a collective entity US, 1864.

money, cash UK, 1598.

in carnival usage, fake jewellery US, 1981.

brass knuckles US, 1980⇨ See: BRASS NAIL, TOP BRASS

3. verb

to rob a person of their money by deception; to con someone AUSTRALIA, 1939.► brass it outto brazen it out. From the conventional use of 'brass' (effrontery or impudence) UK, 1969

Ⅱ ⇨ brass nail; brass

noun a prostitute. Rhyming slang for TA I L (a woman sexually objectified), also punning on something you buy 'to bang' UK, 1933

Ⅲ ⇨ top brass; brass

noun high-ranking police officers. Adopted from military usage, preceded by 'big brass' and 'high brass' UK, 1949

idiombrass► get down to brass tacks► go/reach/grab for the brass ring► it's brass monkeys► not have a brass farthingas bold as brass BrEBrEused about someone who behaves very confidently, often without showing respect for someone in authority:Shirley walked into his office, as bold as brass, and started questioning him.And there was Arnold, bold as brass, sitting in the front instead of the back where he should have been.have the brass to do sth BrEBrEold-fashioned used in order to say that someone is not ashamed to do something that most people would think is rude or unreasonable:I can't believe you have the brass to criticize my cooking when you can't even boil water!

phrasebrass
be brassed off
be brassed off BrE informal to feel annoyed, especially because you are tired of something that happens again and again+ with/about I'm really brassed off with the way Dan treats me - he doesn't seem to care at all.■ SIMILAR TO: be fed up, pissed off informal

brass

n. high-ranking military or civilian officers. (see also top brass.) We’ll see what the brass has to say first.

See:

a brass farthing
a brass hat
as bold as brass
be not worth a brass farthing
big brass
bold as brass
brass
brass balls
brass ceiling
brass farthing
brass hat
brass monkey
brass monkey weather
brass monkeys
brass neck
brass neck/nerve
brass off
brass ring
brass someone off
brass tacks
brassed
brassed off
cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
double in brass
down to brass tacks
get down to brass tacks
get down to brass tacks, to/let's
have the (brass) face to (do something)
have the (brass) neck to (do something)
have the brass (neck) to (do something)
not a brass farthing
not worth a brass farthing
part brass rags with
part brass rags with (one)
the brass ring
the top brass
top brass
top brass, the
where there's muck there's brass
where there's muck, there's brass
with (brass) knobs on

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