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
- What a knocker he is; no matter what we suggest, he finds fault with it
他真是个吹毛求疵的人；不管我们提议什麽他都能挑出毛病来 - The rolled cigarette between his teeth completed the picture as he used the door knocker.
像往常那样，他衔着卷烟，拍打了一下门环。 - As Scrooge looked fixedly at this uncommon thing, it became a knocker again.
当史克鲁奇目不转晴地注视这个怪东西时，它又变成了一个门环。 - 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。 - I could not have completed my third snore when there came a furious ringing at the street-door bell, and then an impatient thumping at the knocker, which awakened me at once.
我还没打完第三个呼噜，大门的门铃就猛烈地响了起来，接着是急促的敲门声，立刻就把我惊醒了。 - 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。 - 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。 - They were very ashamed, but Tootles gave the sole of his shoe, and it made an excellent knocker.
他们觉得怪难为情，图图拿来他的鞋底，于是就做成了一个绝妙的门环。 - 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 - I ran up the steps and I tried the door and knocked with the knocker.
我跑上台阶，想要开门，不停地扣着门环。