| 单词 | brassy |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['bra:si] |
| 解释 | a.厚脸皮的，无礼的 |
| 红宝书 | 【考】 反义词: diffident(缺乏自信 的); furtive(偷偷摸摸的) ; humble(谦虚的) |
| 字源 | brassy (adj.) "impudent," 1570s, from brass + -y (2). Compare brazen. Sense of "debased and pretentious" is from 1580s, from brass as contrasted with gold; sense of "strident and artificial" is from 1865. Related: Brassily; brassiness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 黄铜的; 厚颜无耻的 【记】脸象brass(n 黄铜)一样厚－厚颜无耻的 【反】diffident(adj 胆怯的, 缺乏自信的); humble(adj 谦虚的); furtive(adj 偷偷摸摸的); unassertive(adj 无自信的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】brass 铜，象铜墙一样厚的脸皮 |
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