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brass METALHbrB:s, $brAsna bright yellow metal made from COPPER and ZINC黄铜（铜锌合金）The door handles were made of brass and needed cleaning and polishing regularly. [U]门把柄是由黄铜做的，需要定期清洗和擦拭。The mantlepiece was lined with brightly polished brass ornaments.壁炉台镶有光洁明亮的黄铜装饰物。In a church, a brass is a thin piece of brass on the floor or wall with a picture or writing cut into it.（教堂墙上或地上的）黄铜纪念牌（刻有雕像、纹章等）The church has several beautiful medieval brasses. [C]这个教堂有几块美丽的中世纪黄铜纪念牌。(Br slang) It's brass monkey weather (= extremely cold weather) today.今天天气特别冷。Let's get down to brass tacks (= consider the most important and basic facts of a situation)--who is going to pay for it all?让我们先考虑最基本的问题----谁来付钱？(Am slang) A brass hat is a military officer of very high rank.高级将领Brass knuckles is another name for a knuckle-duster.指节铜套 [KNUCKLE]Brass-rubbing involves putting a sheet of paper on top of a brass in a church and rubbing it with a special pencil to make a picture.（在黄铜雕像上）拓印;拓片，拓印图
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