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
- 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。 - 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。 - Then the rattle on the knocker.
之后是连续的叩门声。 - 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。 - 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。 - The rolled cigarette between his teeth completed the picture as he used the door knocker.
像往常那样，他衔着卷烟，拍打了一下门环。 - 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。 - To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster, not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a clog.
做一个一言九鼎的人；做一个支持者而不是一个吹毛求疵者，一个推动者而不是一个抱怨者，一个马达而不是一个障碍。 - The Unfathomable Enigma on Knocker Nails of Donghua Gate and Chinese Traditional Culture
东华门门钉之谜与中国传统文化 - They are dressed up to the knocker.
他们打扮得非常时髦。