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词汇 brass
释义 brass
noun
uk /brɑːs/ us /bræs/

brassnoun (METAL)


C1[ U ]
a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc: 黄铜
The door handles were made of brass.门把手是黄铜做的。
 
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 the brassC2[ S ]
the group of brass instruments or players in a band or orchestra: (乐队或管弦乐队的)铜管乐器部分;铜管乐器手
The brass seems to me to be too loud in this recording.我觉得这张唱片中铜管乐器部分似乎太响了。
See also
brass band
brass instrument
brass section
[ C ]
a thin piece of brass on the floor or wall in a church, with a picture or writing cut into it: (教堂地上或墙上,刻有雕像或文字的)黄铜纪念牌
The church has several beautiful medieval brasses.这个教堂有几块精美的中世纪黄铜纪念牌。
 
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It's a musical instrument made of brass, somewhat like a cornet and with a similar compass.这是一件黄铜乐器,跟短号有些类似,音域也与之相近。
There was a brass nameplate outside the door saying Dr A. Aslan.门外有一个铜制的姓名牌写着“A‧ 阿斯兰医生”。
There was a brass plaque outside the surgery listing the various dentists' names and qualifications.
He polished the brass till it shone.他把黄铜器皿擦得闪闪发光。
a brass door knob铜质的门把手
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chemistry: metals & metalworking
alloy
anti-tarnish
bar magnet
base metal
bimetallic
blacksmith
brazen
brazier
bullion
ferrous
gold leaf
lode
magnet
silver plate
swage
tarnished
tinplated
untarnished
vermeil
wrought iron

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Musical instruments
Religious objects

brassnoun (CONFIDENCE)


[ U ]UKinformal
complete confidence and lack of fear: 高度自信,无所畏惧;厚脸皮
I don't know how she has the brass to do it.我不懂她怎么有脸做那事。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Confidence & self-assurance
amour propre
aplomb
assertive
assertively
assertiveness
dogmatism
dogmatist
empowered
feel certain
fierce
rest assured
safe
safety blanket
security blanket
self-assertion
timeline
to be sureidiom
too cool for schoolidiom
unbowed
unintimidated

brassnoun (MONEY)


[ U ]UKold-fashionedinformal
money金钱
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Payment methods
anti-kickback
ATM card
automatic withdrawal
bad cheque
baksheesh
bribe
chip
commission
liquid
meal ticket
microtransaction
monetization
monetize
money-back
monometallic
PFI
ready money
remittance
severance
wave and pay

See also


horse brass

Idioms


brass monkey weather
get down to brass tacks

brass | American Dictionary


brass
noun[ U ]
us/bræs/

brassnoun[U] (METAL)


a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc:
brass lamps
brass door handles

brassnoun[U] (OFFICERS)


high-ranking officers in an organization, esp. the military:
The Pentagon brass went along with the plan but they were not happy about it.
brass
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/bræs/

brassadjective[not gradable] (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)


(of a musical instrument) made of a metal tube bent into a particular shape and played by blowing:
The trumpet and the trombone are brass instruments.
He plays in the brass section of the orchestra.

brass | Business English


brass
noun[ U ]
uk /brɑːs/us
WORKPLACE
→ top brass

Examples of brass


brass
The iconography of the brasses reveals that the family's commemorative discourse of death left room for different emphases in self-imaging.
An important book on an important group of brasses.
I find it difficult to believe that it took three days to remove the paint from these brasses but inquiries are being made into this.
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Why should not a man go on parade with blancoed webbing, clean brasses and clean boots?
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Bluntly, a number of planning authorities need brassing up.
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There is insufficient flying training, and we are losing pilots because they are getting brassed off and there are openings for them in civil aviation.
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No wonder the miners were brassed off.
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Bismuth bronzes and brasses are more malleable, thermally conductive, and polish better than regular brasses.
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In the nave floor are three brasses with dates in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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The memorials include two brasses in the sanctuary, and there is a ledger slab dating from the middle of the 18th century in the chancel.
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The brasses are firmly fixed to the original slab of grey marble by apparently the original fastenings.
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A microphone or loudspeaker is attached to the end of each pendulum and electronic music (sampled brass instruments) is heard from the loudspeakers.
The sustained chords maintain a constant orchestration and also undergo constant rhythmic variation with the woodwinds and the brass each grouped together.
The brass band played what the ordinary band played, so we knew all the tunes from our normal repertoire.
In order to study the effect of nozzles on different gas density configurations, different kind of brass nozzles in shape and size are machined.
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Collocations withbrass


brass

These are words often used in combination with brass.

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brass button
In this amalgamation there is no common factor at all to be found except, as has been said, in the brassbutton.
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brass cartridge
Fixed ammunition combined a primer, the pre-measured charge, and the projectile in a water-resistant brasscartridge case.
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brass chandelier
The room also has an enormous brasschandelier.
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