brass knuckles
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌbrass ˈknuckles noun [plural] American English PMWa set of connected metal rings worn over a person’s fingers, used as a weapon 指节铜套〔一种武器〕 SYN British English knuckle-duster
Examples from the Corpus
brass knuckles• The writer was wearing a bulletproof vest and had brass knuckles and chemical repellent in other pockets.• William Joyce presented the clenched fist in an armour of brass knuckles.• You know and then we were getting these whole boxes of brass knuckles or whatever.• Its grip consisted of brass knuckles, was a chain of rings through which Weary slipped his stubby fingers.ˌbrass ˈknuckles nounChineseSyllable
worn connected set of metal rings a Corpus
brass knuckles
ˌbrass ˈknuckles
noun [plural] American English
a set of connected metal rings worn over a person’s fingers, used as a weapon
SYN knuckle-duster British English
ˌbrass ˈknuckles
noun [plural] American Englisha set of connected metal rings worn over a person’s fingers, used as a weapon
SYN knuckle-duster British English