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brassy

英 ['brɑːsɪ] 美['bræsi]
  • adj. 刺耳的;厚脸皮的;似黄铜的
  • n. 铜头高尔夫球棍

GRE畅通词汇

词态变化


比较级: brassier;最高级: brassiest;

助记提示


brassy厚脸皮的。
brazen厚脸皮的。

英文词源


brassy (adj.)
"impudent," 1570s, from brass + -y (2). Compare brazen. Sense of "debased and pretentious" is from 1580s, from brass as contrasted with gold; sense of "strident and artificial" is from 1865. Related: Brassily; brassiness.

双语例句


1. Those ladies were brassy and busty, with pudgy fingers and painted eyes.
那些女人们打扮花哨,体态丰满,手指肥肥的,眼睛都涂了眼影。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Musicians blast their brassy jazz from street corners.
玩音乐的人在街角大声弹奏起尖锐刺耳的爵士乐。

来自柯林斯例句

3. the brassy blonde behind the bar
酒吧柜台里衣着艳俗的金发女郎

来自《权威词典》

4. From the telescreen a brassy female voice was squalling a patriotic song.
电幕上一个低沉的女人声音在唱一支爱国歌曲.

来自英汉文学

5. The brassy boys put their tongues out at us.
那些厚脸皮的男孩儿朝着我们伸舌头。

来自辞典例句