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
- Then the rattle on the knocker. I sat, fingers taut round the arms of the wooden seat, trying to breathe in the balm of roses and lavender.
我坐着一动不动，手指紧抠着木椅的扶手，竭力让自己呼吸玫瑰和熏衣草的芳香。 - Selling gemstones on the knocker will soon become a familiar feature of suburban life.
挨家挨户推销宝石很快会成为郊区生活中的一种常见现象。 - He began to work on the knocker.
他又开始逐户推销。 - The elder of the men lifted the knocker and rapped.
年纪较老的那个男人提起门锤来敲了几下。 - 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。 - 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 - In this paper are presented a new interpretation and approach for the enigma on the knocker nails of Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing based upon a viewpoint of the Chinese traditional Culture.
本文从中国传统文化的角度，对北京紫禁城东华门门钉之谜提出了一种新的解释和答案。 - 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。 - 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。