| 单词 | brass knuckles |
| 释义 | brass knuckles in British English (brɑːs ˈnʌkəlz) plural noun US another name for knuckle-duster brass knuckles in American English US linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting brass knuckles in American Englishnoun a band of metal with four holes that fits over the upper fingers and that is gripped when a fist is made, used for increasing the effect of a blow with the fist Word origin [1850–55, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boneyard, ethylene, headhunting, muggins, proletariat |
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