knocker
英 [ˈnɒkə(r)]
美 [ˈnɑːkər]
n. (固定在门上供敲门用的)门环; 吹毛求疵的人; 一味批评的人; (冒犯语)乳房,奶子
复数:knockers
BNC.16990 / COCA.24516
牛津词典
noun
- (固定在门上供敲门用的)门环
a metal object attached to the outside of the door of a house, etc. which you hit against the door to attract attention - 吹毛求疵的人;一味批评的人
a person who is always criticizing sb/sth - (冒犯语)乳房,奶子
an offensive word for a woman's breasts
柯林斯词典
- See also:knock
英英释义
noun
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- open the door and see who the knocker is
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way
双语例句
- Her chest rose with indignation, but before she could find a reply, the door knocker sounded again and Albert went to answer it.
她的胸一上一下,都是气的,可是她还没有想好什么样回答,就又有人敲门了,阿伯特去开门了。 - Imports full derrick hydraulic coke knocker control system, and coke knocker control valve: and the whole process is controled with distribution control system ( DCS).
引进全井架水力除焦控制系统及除焦控制阀;以计算机集散系统(DCS)进行控制。 - They were very ashamed, but Tootles gave the sole of his shoe, and it made an excellent knocker.
他们觉得怪难为情,图图拿来他的鞋底,于是就做成了一个绝妙的门环。 - The totem of the front door is the knocker, a mechanism which announces arrival and allows the visitor to engage with the building.
房屋前门的图腾是门环,它宣告客人的到来,并使得来访者与建筑产生接触。 - The elder of the men lifted the knocker and rapped.
年纪较老的那个男人提起门锤来敲了几下。 - Then the rattle on the knocker. I sat, fingers taut round the arms of the wooden seat, trying to breathe in the balm of roses and lavender.
我坐着一动不动,手指紧抠着木椅的扶手,竭力让自己呼吸玫瑰和熏衣草的芳香。 - To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster, not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a clog.
做一个一言九鼎的人;做一个支持者而不是一个吹毛求疵者,一个推动者而不是一个抱怨者,一个马达而不是一个障碍。 - Then the rattle on the knocker.
之后是连续的叩门声。 - He began to work on the knocker.
他又开始逐户推销。 - I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环,怕把它弄脏。