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
- Except the screws and nuts that held the knocker.
只有固定门环的螺丝和螺帽。 - They are dressed up to the knocker.
他们打扮得非常时髦。 - 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。 - What a knocker he is; no matter what we suggest, he finds fault with it
他真是个吹毛求疵的人;不管我们提议什麽他都能挑出毛病来 - 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。 - The Unfathomable Enigma on Knocker Nails of Donghua Gate and Chinese Traditional Culture
东华门门钉之谜与中国传统文化 - The knocker is oblong in shape, and of the kind our ancestors called "jaquemart".
铁锤是长方形的,像古时的钟锤。 - Selling gemstones on the knocker will soon become a familiar feature of suburban life.
挨家挨户推销宝石很快会成为郊区生活中的一种常见现象。 - As Scrooge looked fixedly at this uncommon thing, it became a knocker again.
当史克鲁奇目不转晴地注视这个怪东西时,它又变成了一个门环。 - Le Cabuc runs to the door, which had a very massive knocker, and knocks.
勒·卡布克跑到楼房门前,门上有个相当大的门锤,他提起便敲。