Brass
[ bræs ]
第2级
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n. 黄铜;铜管乐器;钱;黄铜饰品（尤指马挽具上的黄铜圆片）;
v. 〈英〉付（款）;[冶]把…包铜;〈口〉无耻地胡搞;
📝 例句
Get down to the brass tacks,and quit talking round the subject.
谈实质问题吧,别兜圈子了。
The brasses need to be cleaned.
这些黄铜器要擦一擦。
Their band has some excellent brass players.
他们乐队有几个出色的铜管乐器手。
It was an old-fashioned lift, operated by a lever on a brass box.
这是一部老式的电梯，由一个黄铜框架上的杠杆操纵。
A brass band ended the parade.
游行队伍的最后是铜管乐队。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※谐音“不拉屎”:不拉屎只拉黄铜
※ br-拼音“病人”,ass-驴:病人偷走驴的黄铜
※ grass-草,brass-黄铜:青青绿草中,黄铜闪金光
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
brass
n
1 [U] bright yellow metal made by mixing copper and zinc 黄铜
[attrib 作定语]
brass doorknobs, buttons 黄铜的门把手、钮扣
a brass foundry 黄铜铸造厂.
2
(a) [U] objects made of brass, eg candlesticks, ornaments, etc 黄铜制品（如烛台、饰物等）
do/clean/polish the brass 处理[擦净/擦亮]黄铜器.
(b) [C] brass ornament worn by a horse 马戴的黄铜饰物.
3 the brass [Gp]
(group of people in an orchestra who play) wind instruments made of brass （乐队中的）铜管乐器（组）
The brass is/are too loud. 铜管乐的声音过大. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page x.4 [C]
(esp Brit) brass memorial tablet fixed to the floor or wall of a church （教堂的地上或墙上的）黄铜纪念牌.
5 [U] (Brit sl 俚) money 钱: He's got plenty of brass. 他很有钱.
6 [U] (infml 口) impudence; cheek 厚颜无耻; 厚脸皮
He had the brass to ask his boss for a 20% pay rise. 他厚著脸皮要求老板给他增加20%的工资.
7 (idm 习语) bold as brass => bold. get down to brass `tacks (infml 口) start to consider the basic facts or practical details of sth 开始考虑某事物的基本事实 或具体细节. top brass => top1.
🎯 考研助记
不拉屎（谐音）：不拉屎，拉 黄铜 6斤(b)草(grass)换一斤 黄铜{草变黄铜}
🔁 扩展释义
*[bræs,brɑ:s]n. 黄铜, 黄铜制品a. 黄铜的, 铜管乐器的vt. 镀以黄铜, 支付vi. 镀以黄铜, 支付【化】 黄铜【医】 黄铜【经】 黄铜
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That's relief.
真令人欣慰。
It's better than nothing.
总比没有好。
And I want a large box of chalk, too.
我还要一大盒粉笔。