Word · Frequency #16990
Fully loadedknocker
门环
a hinged ornamental device attached to a door, used for knocking
- 1.
A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
门环
- 2.
A person who knocks.
敲门者
- 3.
A critic; one who disparages.
批评者,贬低者
- 4.
A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise to signal that a free game has been earned.
弹球机中发出响声的装置
- 5.
A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
大蟑螂(尤指美洲大蠊)
- 6.
A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
大块岩石露头
敲门者；敲击者；自大的人；自吹自擂的人；敲门者；批评者,贬低者；弹球机中发出响声的装置
In use
I grabbed the heavy iron knocker and let it fall three times.
The front door has a brass knocker shaped like a lion's head.
She polished the old knocker until it shone.
the knocker on [noun]
指门环，常用于描述门上的装饰性敲击装置。
The brass knocker on the front door was polished.
前门上的黄铜门环被擦亮了。
a knocker at the door
指敲门的人，常用于描述有人来访但未出现的情况。
I heard a knocker at the door, but no one was there.
我听到有人在敲门，但没人回应。
be a (real) knocker
俚语，指自吹自擂的人，使用频率较低。
Connections
Collocations
- door knocker
- 门环
- I need to repair the door knocker.我需要修一下门环。
- brass knocker
- 铜门环
- The front door had a shiny brass knocker.前门上有一个锃亮的铜门环。
- front door knocker
- 前门门环
- She used the front door knocker to announce her arrival.她用前门门环敲门来宣告自己到了。
Idioms & figurative uses
- on the knocker
- 挨门挨户地（推销、游说等）She paid her way through college by selling cosmetics on the knocker.她靠挨家挨户推销化妆品来支付大学学费。
Pop culture & quotes
- Scrooge, having no key, was looking at the knocker, when it underwent a sudden transformation in its eyes, and the knocker's face became Marley's face.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想到 knock（敲）加 -er：门环是用来敲门的东西，爱敲打别人的人就是批评者。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：front doors、older or traditional houses 该义项（门环）为中性日常词汇，通常用于描述安装在门上的敲击装置，多出现在老式住宅或传统建筑中，也可用于正式描写。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正同韵的词：knock /nɒk/、locker /ˈlɒkə/、rocker /ˈrɒkə/、docker /ˈdɒkə/、soccer /ˈsɒkə/、shocker /ˈʃɒkə/，它们都包含重读的 /ɒ/ 和后面的 /k/ 或 /kə/。注意：knocker 中的 k 不发音，所以开头读 /n/，不是 /kn/；像 knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ 和 knickers /ˈnɪkəz/ 这类形似词虽然也以 kn- 开头，但并不与 knocker 押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.