knocker
英 [ˈnɒkə(r)]
美 [ˈnɑːkər]
n. (固定在门上供敲门用的)门环; 吹毛求疵的人; 一味批评的人; (冒犯语)乳房，奶子
复数：knockers
BNC.16990 / COCA.24516
牛津词典
noun
- （固定在门上供敲门用的）门环
a metal object attached to the outside of the door of a house, etc. which you hit against the door to attract attention - 吹毛求疵的人；一味批评的人
a person who is always criticizing sb/sth - （冒犯语）乳房，奶子
an offensive word for a woman's breasts
柯林斯词典
- See also:knock
英英释义
noun
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- open the door and see who the knocker is
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way
双语例句
- I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环，怕把它弄脏。 - As Scrooge looked fixedly at this uncommon thing, it became a knocker again.
当史克鲁奇目不转晴地注视这个怪东西时，它又变成了一个门环。 - Her chest rose with indignation, but before she could find a reply, the door knocker sounded again and Albert went to answer it.
她的胸一上一下，都是气的，可是她还没有想好什么样回答，就又有人敲门了，阿伯特去开门了。 - The totem of the front door is the knocker, a mechanism which announces arrival and allows the visitor to engage with the building.
房屋前门的图腾是门环，它宣告客人的到来，并使得来访者与建筑产生接触。 - I ran up the steps and I tried the door and knocked with the knocker.
我跑上台阶，想要开门，不停地扣着门环。 - When he put his key in the lock of the door, he did not see a knocker. A necklace, pendant, key chain or tattoo promises the same good fortune of the ancients.
当他把钥匙插入门锁时，并没有看到门环，一条项链，耳环，钥匙圈，刺青都可以带给你幸运的。 - Before she looked at Walter she looked at the knocker, and then, measuring him with her eyes from head to foot, said she wondered he had left any of it.
她在看沃尔特之前先看了一下门环，然后用眼睛把他从头到脚打量了一下，说她很奇怪，门环居然还在门上，没有被他完全打落下来。 - I could not have completed my third snore when there came a furious ringing at the street-door bell, and then an impatient thumping at the knocker, which awakened me at once.
我还没打完第三个呼噜，大门的门铃就猛烈地响了起来，接着是急促的敲门声，立刻就把我惊醒了。 - The knocker is oblong in shape, and of the kind our ancestors called "jaquemart".
铁锤是长方形的，像古时的钟锤。 - They were very ashamed, but Tootles gave the sole of his shoe, and it made an excellent knocker.
他们觉得怪难为情，图图拿来他的鞋底，于是就做成了一个绝妙的门环。