单词 | knuckle |
释义 | knuckle n 1 bone at the finger-joint 指节; 指关节 graze/skin one´s knuckles 擦破指关节. =>illus at hand 见hand插图. 2 (of animals) knee-joint, or the part joining the leg to the foot, esp as a joint of meat (指动物)膝关节, 踝; (尤指食用的)肘: pig´s knuckles 猪肘. 3 (idm 习语) a rap on/over the knuckles => rap1.near the `knuckle (infml 口) on the borderline of indecency and therefore likely to offend 近乎下流; 猥亵 Some of his jokes are a bit too near the knuckle for my taste. 我觉得他有的笑话已近乎淫亵了. knuckle, v (phr v) knuckle down (to sth) (infml 口) begin to work seriously (at sth) 开始认真工作 If you want to pass that exam, you´ll have to knuckle down (to some hard work). 你要想考试及格, 就得开始下功夫(苦干)了. knuckle under (infml 口) accept or admit defeat; surrender 屈服; 认输; 投降. |
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