| 单词 | brass |
| 释义 | brassWord family adverbbrassilynounbrassinessbrassybrass bandbrassfounderbrassfoundingbrasswarebrass ldoce_035_fbrass /brɑːs $ bræs/ ●●○ noun 1 metal 金属METAL [uncountableU]HCM a very hard bright yellow metal that is a mixture of copper and zinc 黄铜〔铜锌合金〕 an old brass bedstead 老式黄铜床架 2 music 音乐APM a) [uncountableU] musical instruments that are made of metal, such as the trumpet and the trombone 铜管乐器 brass instruments → percussion, stringed instrument, wind instrument, woodwind 铜管乐器 b) the brass (section) the people in an orchestra or band who play musical instruments that are made of metal 〔管弦乐队等的〕铜管乐器部 3. decorations 装饰 [countableC usually plural]DECORATE an object made of brass, usually with a design cut into it, or several brass objects 黄铜饰品，黄铜器 4. get down to brass tacks informalTALK TO somebody to start talking about the most important facts or details of something 言归正传，谈实质性问题，谈正事 5. people with top jobs 身居高位者the brass HIGH POSITION OR RANK American EnglishAmE informal people who hold the most important positions 要员，高层人员 SYN British English top brass 6. it’s brass monkeys/brass monkey weather COLD British EnglishBrE spoken informal used to say that it is very cold 极其寒冷，天寒地冻 7. money 钱 [uncountableU]MONEY British EnglishBrE old-fashioned informal money 钱 → as bold as brass at bold(2)Examples from the Corpus brass• a brass bed• Copper vessels and brass fittings are rapidly attacked under these conditions.• It is the heavy brass diamonds upon my window, the security grilles; when did I put them there?• The metal trim on the livery stable was gleaming like molten brass.• She checked the number on the polished brass wall-plaque and knew she had arrived.• The woodwind can only be used for doubling notes which are already present in the brass.• I lifted the brass fender and got to work pulling the crude green tiles away by hand.• Victorian Bell Pulls were traditionally finished with brass end fittings. From Longman Business Dictionary brassbrass /brɑːsbræs/ noun [uncountableU] American EnglishAmE informal the top managers in an organizationSYN TOP BRASS Mr Sprey and the Air Force brass clashed continually over major elements of the plane’s design. Old English bræs |
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