| 单词 | brass |
| 释义 | ldoce_035_fbrass /brɑːs $ bræs/ ●●○ noun 1 metal 金属METAL [uncountable]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 →5 See picture of valve 阀键, cornet 短号, mouthpiece 吹口 ...2 music 音乐APM a) [uncountable] musical instruments that are made of metal, such as the trumpet and the trombone 铜管乐器 brass instruments 铜管乐器 → percussion, stringed instrument, wind instrument, woodwind 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 [countable 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 English informal people who hold the most important positions 要员，高层人员 SYN British English top brass6. it’s brass monkeys/brass monkey weather COLD British English spoken informal used to say that it is very cold 极其寒冷，天寒地冻7. money 钱 [uncountable]MONEY British English old-fashioned informal money 钱 → as bold as brass at bold(2)Examples from the Corpusbrass• 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 Dictionarybrassbrass /brɑːsbræs/ noun [uncountable] American English informal the top managers in an organizationSYN TOP BRASSMr Sprey and the Air Force brass clashed continually over major elements of the plane’s design.Origin brass Old English bræsbrass nounChinese yellow hard Corpus that a bright Business is a metal very |
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