knuckle

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

Translation

n. (指人)指關節 (指動物)膝關節, 踝
Word Forms
現在分詞knuckling
複數knuckles
過去分詞knuckled
過去式knuckled
第三人稱單數knuckles

Phrases & Collocations

crack your knuckles

捻指關節發出聲響

steering knuckle

轉向關節

knuckle down

屈服;開始認真工作

near the knuckle

[口語](笑話等)近乎猥褻的,近乎下流的,近乎粗鄙的

knuckle sandwich

對準嘴的一拳

Example Sentences

a knuckle of pork.

一塊豬肘子肉。

an apostle of bare-knuckled capitalism.

一個赤裸裸的資本主義的傳道者。

an undefeated bare-knuckle champion.

一位不用拳擊手套的常勝冠軍

the bare-knuckle world of commercial real estate.

殘酷的商業房地產界

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

令人緊張的緊急降落;在醫院候診室裏令人高度緊張不安的時刻

He barked his knuckles on the doorjamb.

他碰在門側柱上擦破了指關節處的皮。

his knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel.

他緊握方向盤,握得手指關節發白。

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

因爲在商務午餐上花錢太多,他捱了一頓批評。

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.

人體中最常見的關節是運動關節,如指關節和肩關節等,關節處的一個囊狀物把兩根骨頭結合在一起。

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