knuckle
['nʌkl]
n. 指关节, 膝关节, 肘形接头, 铰链连接
v. 以指节压, 屈从, 开始努力工作
例句与用法:
He rapped the government on the knuckles for wasting the public money.
他尖刻地抨击政府浪费公款。
I always graze my knuckles.
我常常擦破指关节。
词形变化:
动词过去式: knuckled | 动词过去分词: knuckled | 动词现在分词: knuckling | 动词第三人称单数: knuckles |
详细释义:
n.[C]
1. 指(根)关节
The boy scraped the skin off his knuckles.
这男孩擦去了指节上的皮。
2. (四足兽的)膝关节
3. (供食用的)肘; 蹄
pigs' knuckles
猪蹄
4. (铰链的)关节; 铰链接合
vt.
用指关节敲打(或压, 碰等)
vi.
1. 【口】开始认真工作[(+down)]
You'll really have to knuckle down if you want to pass the examination.
你如果想通过考试, 你确实必须开始认真学习了。
2. 【口】屈服[(+to/under)]
短语词组:
knuckle under
1. 屈服; 认输
They refused to knuckle under to any pressure.
他们拒不屈从任何压力。