英语词汇“knuckleball”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

knuckle /nukˈl/

noun

Any of the bones that protrude when a finger joint is bent

A joint of veal or pork from the knee downwards (cookery)

intransitive verb

To yield (usu with down or under)

(in marbles) to touch the ground with the knuckles (usu with down)

To bend the knee inward (obsolete golf)

transitive verb

To touch or press with the knuckle or knuckles

To shoot (a marble) from the thumb knuckle

ORIGIN: ME knokel, not recorded in OE; cf Du knokkel (dimin of knok), Ger Knöchel ankle-bone, knuckle (dimin of Knochen bone)

knuckˈly adjective

knuckˈleball noun (baseball)

A type of pitch with an unpredictable trajectory, caused by gripping the ball with the fingertips

knuckˈleballer noun (baseball)

A pitcher who throws knuckleballs

knuckˈle-bone noun

knuckˈle-bow noun

The curved part of a sword-guard that covers the fingers

knuckˈleduster noun

A metal covering for the knuckles, worn on the hand as a weapon in fist-fighting

knuckˈle-head noun (informal)

An idiot

knuckˈle-headed adjective

knuckle-headˈedness noun

knuckle joint noun

Any of the finger joints
A hinged joint in which two pieces of machinery are joined by a pin through eyes at their ends, one piece being forked and enclosing the other (mechanics)

knuckle sandwich noun (informal)

A blow with the fist

knuckle down (to)

knuckle under

To yield to authority, pressure, etc

near the knuckle

On the verge of the indecent

rap someone's knuckles

To reprimand someone