首页英语词典brassybrassy英英释意

brassy

英['brɑːsɪ] 美['bræsi]
  • adj. 刺耳的;厚脸皮的;似黄铜的
  • n. 铜头高尔夫球棍

英英释意


1. resembling the sound of a brass instrument
2. tastelessly showy;
"a flash car"
"a flashy ring"
"garish colors"
"a gaudy costume"
"loud sport shirts"
"a meretricious yet stylish book"
"tawdry ornaments"
3. unrestrained by convention or propriety;
"an audacious trick to pull"
"a barefaced hypocrite"
"the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
"bold-faced lies"
"brazen arrogance"
"the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell