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

单词

brass hats

释义

brass /bräs/ or (Spenser) bras

noun

An alloy of copper and zinc
Bronze (obsolete)
Effrontery (slang)
Money (informal)
An article or fixture of brass
A renewable sleeve for a bearing (engineering)
A memorial plate of brass in a church
(collectively) the brass wind instruments or their players in an orchestra or band
A prostitute (slang)

adjective

Made of brass

ORIGIN: OE bræs

brassˈily adverb

brassˈiness noun

brassˈy noun

An old-fashioned club which had a brass sole, corresponding to a two-wood (also brassˈie; also adjective)
A bronze-coloured fish, the bib or pout

adjective

brass band noun

brassˈ-bounder noun (obsolete)

A midshipman
A privileged apprentice on a ship for whom a premium is paid (so called from his gold braid)

brassˈ-faced adjective (informal)

Impudent, shameless

brass farthing noun (informal)

Something of very little or no value

brassˈfounder noun

A person who casts objects in brass

brassˈfounding noun

brass hat noun (milit sl)

A staff officer (with gold braid on his hat)

brass monkey(s) noun (slang)

A term used variously to refer to extremely cold weather (in allusion to the expression cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey)

brass neck noun (informal)

Effrontery

brass plate noun

A nameplate on a professional person's office door, usu made of brass, usu a symbol of membership of the professional class

brass rubber noun

brass rubbing noun

The process of copying the design on a church memorial brass, etc onto paper by laying the paper over the brass and rubbing it with coloured wax, chalk, etc
The copy so obtained

brass tacks plural noun (informal)

Details of practical business

brassˈware noun

Ware or goods of brass

brass (someone) off (slang)

To make (someone) annoyed or fed up

top brass

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