词组 | brass |
释义 | brass Theme: OFFICER n. high-ranking military or civilian officers.We'll see what the brass has to say first.The brass said no to your promotion. brass Ⅰ 1. adjective fashionable, smart UK, 1968 2. noun 1 in the military, high-ranking officers as a collective entity US, 1864. 2 money, cash UK, 1598. 3 in carnival usage, fake jewellery US, 1981. 4 brass knuckles US, 1980⇨ See: BRASS NAIL, TOP BRASS 3. verb to rob a person of their money by deception; to con someone AUSTRALIA, 1939.► brass it outto brazen it out. From the conventional use of 'brass' (effrontery or impudence) UK, 1969 Ⅱ ⇨ brass nail; brass noun a prostitute. Rhyming slang for TA I L (a woman sexually objectified), also punning on something you buy 'to bang' UK, 1933 Ⅲ ⇨ top brass; brass noun high-ranking police officers. Adopted from military usage, preceded by 'big brass' and 'high brass' UK, 1949 be brassed off be brassed off BrE informal to feel annoyed, especially because you are tired of something that happens again and again+ with/about I'm really brassed off with the way Dan treats me - he doesn't seem to care at all.■ SIMILAR TO: be fed up, pissed off informal brass n. high-ranking military or civilian officers. (see also top brass.) We’ll see what the brass has to say first.
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