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。
门环
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
a hinged ornamental device attached to a door, used for knocking
门环
A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
敲门者
A person who knocks.
批评者,贬低者
A critic; one who disparages.
弹球机中发出响声的装置
A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise to signal that a free game has been earned.
大蟑螂(尤指美洲大蠊)
A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
大块岩石露头
A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
I grabbed the heavy iron knocker and let it fall three times.
我抓住沉重的铁门环,让它落下来敲了三下。
用法提示:这里“knocker”是名词,指安装在门上的金属门环,在句中作宾语。
The front door has a brass knocker shaped like a lion's head.
前门上有一个狮子头形状的黄铜门环。
用法提示:“knocker”作名词,表示门环,这里用作“has”的宾语。
She polished the old knocker until it shone.
她把旧门环擦得闪闪发亮。
用法提示:“knocker”是名词,指门环,在句中作“polished”的宾语。
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。
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。
俚语,指自吹自擂的人,使用频率较低。
Don't be such a knocker; no one is impressed by your stories.
别那么自夸,没人对你的故事感兴趣。
critic 是普通词,不一定是恶意,也可指评论家;knocker 是口语,暗含无端或习惯性挑剔。
detractor 强调因反对而公开发表贬损意见,语气较重;knocker 较为口语化,强度不一定这么高。
faultfinder 侧重挑细节毛病,不一定是公开批评;knocker 多为公开的冷嘲热讽。
disparager 强调轻视、贬低对方价值,语体正式;knocker 口语常用,含贬义但强度较弱。
grammar · medium
易错句子He knocker the door.
正确表达He knocks the door.
中文学习者可能将名词'knocker'误用作动词,正确应为动词'knock'(第三人称单数)。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a new knock for the door.
正确表达I bought a new knocker for the door.
中文学习者可能混淆'knock'(敲击动作)与'knocker'(门环),门环应用'knocker'。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are two knocker on the door.
正确表达There are two knockers on the door.
中文学习者可能遗漏复数词尾'-s','knocker'的复数形式为'knockers'。
对应“knocker”作为“批评者、贬低者”这一意义;反义指支持、赞同某人或某事的人。
同样对应“批评者”的意义,指对某人或某事表示欣赏的人。
对应“批评者”的意义,指公开支持或捍卫某种观点、事业的人。
knocker指敲门的人或门环,knock指敲击的动作或声音
knocker与knacker拼写相似,但意思完全不同
门环
I need to repair the door knocker.
我需要修一下门环。
铜门环
The front door had a shiny brass knocker.
前门上有一个锃亮的铜门环。
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。
knock(敲)+ -er(表示人或物);同根词:knock、knockout;同后缀词:teacher、worker
与门环同属门口场景,门环安装在门上用于敲门。
铰链是门及门环等部件的连接件,同属门体结构。
访客通常使用门环敲门,与敲门动作相关。
门环位于入口处,用于提示有人到来。
门槛与门环同属门口区域,共同构成进出门的空间。
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。
斯克鲁奇没有钥匙,正看着门环,这时门环的眼睛突然起了变化,门环的面孔变成了马利的面孔。
In Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, the miserly Scrooge sees the face of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, appear in his door knocker before he enters his house.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》中,守财奴斯克鲁奇进屋之前,在门环上看到了已故生意伙伴雅各布·马利的面孔。
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