brass

brass
noun
  1. [mass noun]a yellow alloy of copper and zinc
    黄铜（铜锌合金）
    [as modifier]brass plate on the door.
    黄铜门牌。
    ■[count noun]a decorative object made of such an alloy
    黄铜饰品
    shining brasses stood on the mantelpiece.
    壁炉上闪亮的黄铜饰品。
    ■(亦作 horse brass)[count noun]a round flat brass ornament for the harness of a draught horse
    黄铜马饰
    ■[count noun](Brit.)a memorial, typically a medieval one, consisting of a flat piece of inscribed brass, laid on the floor to set into the wall of a church
    (英)（教堂内放在地上或镶在墙上刻有铭文的）黄铜纪念碑
    ■[count noun]a brass block or die used for stamping a design on a book binding
    （用于书籍封面设计等的）铜版
    ■(Brit. informal)money
    (英， 非正式)钱
    they wanted to spend their newly acquired brass.
    他们想花掉刚赚的钱。
    ■(Music)brass wind instruments (including trumpet, horn, and trombone) forming a band or a section of an orchestra
    (乐)铜管乐器
    the brass and percussion were consistently too loud.
    铜管乐器和打击乐器终归嫌吵。
    ■(亦作 top brass)(informal)people in authority or of high military rank
    (非正式)官方权威人士，高级军官
    ■(informal)an extended metaphorical use referring to a person's hardness or effrontery
    (非正式)冷漠的；厚颜无耻的
    I didn't think that his mother would have the brass neck to come round here.
    我想他母亲不可能厚着脸皮到这里来。
常用词组
brassed off
  1. (Brit. informal)exasperated
    (英，非正式)厌烦的，恼怒的，满腹牢骚的
a brass farthing
  1. [with negative](informal)no money or assets at all
    (非正式)小钱；微乎其微的量
    she hasn't got two brass farthings to rub together.
    她一无所有。
get down to brass tacks
  1. (informal)start to consider the basic facts or practical details
    (非正式)讨论实质问题
the brass ring
  1. (N. Amer. informal)success, typically as regarded as a reward for ambition or hard work
    (北美，非正式)成功的机遇；发财的机会
where there's muck there' brass
  1. 见 muck
语源
  1. Old English bræs, of unknown origin
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