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brass

/bɹæs/ 名词 B1

中文: 铜管、黄铜

  1. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten: a monumental brass. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments. (uncountable) · A few measures later, the brass comes in strong!
  4. Spent cartridge casings (usually made of brass): the part of the cartridge left over after bullets or shells have been fired. (uncountable)
  5. The color of brass (etymology 1, noun sense 1). (uncountable)
  6. High-ranking officers: the brass hats. (uncountable) · The brass are not going to like this.· The brass is not going to like this.
  7. A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence. (informal, uncountable) · You've got a lot of brass telling me to do that!
  8. Money. (dated, slang, uncountable)

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But I’d better take him his fan and gloves—that is, if I can find them.” As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name “W.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第22页 · B2
A RIVER carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass.
《Three Hundred Aesop's Fables》,第27页 · B2
The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, “Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you.”
《Three Hundred Aesop's Fables》,第27页 · B2
I have no arms, and carry nothing but this one brass trumpet.” “That is the very reason for which you should be put to death,” they said; “for, while you do not fight yourself, your trumpet stirs all the others to battle.”
《Three Hundred Aesop's Fables》,第85页 · B2

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