knuckle

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knuck·le1 /ˈnʌkəl/ noun [countable] 1 HBHyour knuckles are the joints in your fingers, including the ones where your fingers join your hands 指节；指关节 Her knuckles whitened as she gripped the gun. 她紧紧握着枪，指关节都发白了。2 DFa piece of meat around the lowest leg joint of a pig 〔猪的〕肘 a knuckle of pork 猪肘子3 near the knuckle British English informalRUDE/OBSCENE rude, or likely to give offence 粗鲁的；近乎下流的 Some of his jokes are a bit near the knuckle. 他的一些笑话有点下流。 → a rap on/over the knuckles at rap1(6), → rap somebody on/over the knuckles at rap2(5)

Examples from the Corpus

knuckle• Lee sat reading, folded over the book, chewing a knuckle now.• I clapped my gloves together, surprised when my bare knuckles smacked each other.• Beside them both, Cheryl Russell was sucking her bloodied knuckles.• Susan saw a smear of yellow paint across his knuckles.• He sighed a lot, stretched his legs, cracked his knuckles.• Karma Rubbish smokes at the end of the garden, cracking its knuckles to pass the time.• My consciousness was raised, my knuckles were rapped and I no longer write or think that way.• The power of the punch is concentrated in a small area of the knuckles.knuckle2 verb 1 knuckle down phrasal verb informal WORK HARDto suddenly start working or studying hard 〔突然〕开始努力工作[学习] SYN get down to If he doesn’t knuckle down soon, he’ll never get through those exams. 他如果不快点用功，肯定通不过那些考试。 to He is clearly ready to knuckle down to the task. 显然他已准备认真着手这项任务。2.knuckle under phrasal verb informal OBEYto accept someone’s authority or orders although you do not want to 屈服；认输→ See Verb table

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knuckle• But he kept his anger under control and vowed to knuckle down and fight for a first-team future.• No attempts made to knuckle down and smarten up.• Male speaker I think we've got to knuckle down and work hard.• Social workers and their managers are clearly ready to knuckle down to the task of making the policy work for users.• Mollified, if not entirely convinced, Vincent went back to Mauve and tried hard to knuckle down.• Some coaches knuckle under to that.Origin knuckle1 (1300-1400) Middle Low German knökel “small bone, knuckle”

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knuckle

knuck‧le¹ /ˈnʌkəl/

noun [countable]

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Middle Low German
Origin: knökel 'small bone, knuckle'

1. your knuckles are the joints in your fingers, including the ones where your fingers join your hands:

Her knuckles whitened as she gripped the gun.
2. a piece of meat around the lowest leg joint of a pig:

a knuckle of pork
3. near the knuckle British English informal rude, or likely to give offence:

Some of his jokes are a bit near the knuckle.
⇨ a rap on/over the knuckles at rap¹(6), ⇨ rap somebody on/over the knuckles at rap²(5)

knuckle²

verb

knuckle down phrasal verb informal
  to suddenly start working or studying hard
   SYN get down to:

If he doesn’t knuckle down soon, he’ll never get through those exams.
knuckle down to

He is clearly ready to knuckle down to the task.
knuckle under phrasal verb informal
to accept someone’s authority or orders although you do not want to

noun,

verb

knuckle

BrE

/ˈnʌkl/

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NAmE

/ˈnʌkl/

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noun

[countable]

any of the joints in the fingers, especially those connecting the fingers to the rest of the hand 指节；指关节

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also hock

especially in NAmE

)

[uncountable

, countable]

a piece of meat from the lower part of an animal's leg, especially a pig （猪等动物的）肘，蹄

<titled tranID="34" status="1">identify</titled>know ◇ recognize ◇ name ◇ make sb/sth out

These words all mean to be able to see or hear sb/sth and especially to be able to say who or what they are. 以上各词均含认出、辨别出之义。

identify to be able to say who or what sb/sth is 指确认、认出、鉴定：◆She was able to identify her attacker. 她认出了袭击她的人。
know to be able to say who or what sth is when you see or hear it because you have seen or heard it before 指能认出、能辨认出 NOTE Know is used especially to talk about sounds that seem familiar and when sb recognizes the quality or opportunity that sb/sth represents. * know 尤指认出熟悉的声音、辨别出人或事物所表现出的特质以及发现机会：◆I couldn't see who was speaking, but I knew the voice. 我看不到谁在讲话，但我能辨别出声音。◆She knows a bargain when she sees one. 她一看就知道有没有便宜可捡。
recognize to know who sb is or what sth is when you see or hear them/it, because you have seen or heard them/it before 指认识、认出、辨别出：◆I recognized him as soon as he came in the room. 他一进屋我就认出了他。
name to say the name of sb/sth in order to show that you know who/what they are 指能说出…的名称、叫出…的名字：◆The victim has not yet been named. 受害人的姓名仍未得知。
make sb/sth out to manage to see or hear sb/sth that is not very clear 指看清、听清、分清、辨认清楚：◆I could just make out a figure in the darkness. 黑暗中我只看出了一个人的轮廓。