knuckle

[US]/'nʌk(ə)l/
[UK]/'nʌkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (指人)指关节 (指动物)膝关节, 踝
Word Forms
现在分词knuckling
复数knuckles
过去分词knuckled
过去式knuckled
第三人称单数knuckles

Phrases & Collocations

crack your knuckles

捻指关节发出声响

steering knuckle

转向关节

knuckle down

屈服;开始认真工作

near the knuckle

[口语](笑话等)近乎猥亵的,近乎下流的,近乎粗鄙的

knuckle sandwich

对准嘴的一拳

Example Sentences

a knuckle of pork.

一块猪肘子肉。

an apostle of bare-knuckled capitalism.

一个赤裸裸的资本主义的传道者。

an undefeated bare-knuckle champion.

一位不用拳击手套的常胜冠军

the bare-knuckle world of commercial real estate.

残酷的商业房地产界

a white-knuckle emergency landing; white-knuckle time in the hospital waiting room.

令人紧张的紧急降落;在医院候诊室里令人高度紧张不安的时刻

He barked his knuckles on the doorjamb.

他碰在门侧柱上擦破了指关节处的皮。

his knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel.

他紧握方向盘,握得手指关节发白。

He got a rap over the knuckles for spending too much money on his business lunches.

因为在商务午餐上花钱太多,他挨了一顿批评。

The most common type of joint in the human body is the diarthrodial joint -- knuckles and shoulders are examples -- in which two bones come together in a capsule.

人体中最常见的关节是运动关节,如指关节和肩关节等,关节处的一个囊状物把两根骨头结合在一起。

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