| 单词 | big brass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig brass a. High-ranking officers in the armed forces collectively. Frequently with modifying word intensifying the sense of distant seniority, esp. in top brass (also big brass, high brass, etc.). Cf. brass hat n. at Compounds 3. [By metonymy, with reference to their brass or gold insignia.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > high-ranking officer > collectively brass1870 1870 Beloit College Monthly Oct. 12 At every big plantation or negro shanty yard Just to save his property the generals plase a gard The sentrys instruction to let no private pass, The rich mans house and table are fixed to suit the brass. 1899 Boston Herald 26 July 4/8 It was not a big brass general that came; But a man in khaki kit. 1916 Searchlight (No. 2 Company, London Electrical Engineers) Dec. 74 You have heard the impassioned appeal of some one who wears a mythical metallic helmet, the irreverent call him a ‘Tin hat’, the degenerate a ‘Brass’. 1945 Life 2 July 13/3 I don't suppose that Congress and the Big Brass would ever agree to that. 1951 Economist 15 Dec. 1463/1 The ‘high brass’ of American business was also well represented at the meeting. 1959 A. C. Clarke Across Sea of Stars 123 The general was unaware of his faux pas. The assembled brass thought for a while. 2012 Independent 16 July 1/5 The Ministers and military top brass have announced that they will meet next week. < as lemmas |
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