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Knuckle Fingers Teach Hand 英 Nʌkl] 美 Nʌkl N.指关节;膝关节;肘形接头;铰链连接

英语单词 knuckle
英美音标 英 ['nʌkl] 美 ['nʌkl]
中文释义 n.指关节;膝关节;肘形接头;铰链连接
v.以指节压;屈从;开始努力工作
英语例句 (1) Our fingers bend at the knuckle.
(2) Guidry had the 1 of the best sliders ever and should teach him, and Moose should teach him the Knuckle curve.
(3) It's time to knuckle down to work.
中文例句 (1) 我们的手指在指关节处弯曲。
(2) 古得利已经有了史上最厉害的滑球,必须要好好传授他,然后轮到穆西纳,也必须要教他指关节区球。
(3) 该开始努力工作了。
vocabulary简明 Your knuckles are the joints in your fingers that are farthest from your fingernails. When you clench your hand into a fist, your knuckles are especially prominent.
vocabulary扩展 A knuckle is the part of your hand that makes it possible to move a finger freely, and if someone offers you a "knuckle sandwich," you should politely decline, since they're actually planning to make a fist and punch you in the mouth. To knuckle is to rub with the knuckles, like when you knuckle a bit of sand out of your eye. The root of knuckle is the Proto-Germanic knuk-, "bone."
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]指节;指关节 Your knuckles are the rounded pieces of bone that form lumps on your hands where your fingers join your hands, and where your fingers bend. a rap on the knuckles→see:
rap
  [usu pl]
  • Brenda's knuckles were white as she gripped the arms of the chair.

    布伦达握紧椅子扶手时指关节都变白了。

相关词组:
knuckle down
knuckle under

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