Knuckle
[ ['nʌkəl] ]
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n. 指节, 蹄爪, 膝关节\\nv. 以指节打, 以手指射
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
knuckle
n
1 bone at the finger-joint 指节; 指关节
graze/skin one's knuckles 擦破指关节. =>illus at hand 见hand插图.
2 (of animals) knee-joint, or the part joining the leg to the foot, esp as a joint of meat （指动物）膝关节, 踝; （尤指食用的）肘: pig's knuckles 猪肘.
3 (idm 习语) a rap on/over the knuckles => rap1.near the `knuckle (infml 口) on the borderline of indecency and therefore likely to offend 近乎下流; 猥亵
Some of his jokes are a bit too near the knuckle for my taste. 我觉得他有的笑话已近乎淫亵了. knuckle, v (phr v) knuckle down (to sth) (infml 口) begin to work seriously (at sth) 开始认真工作
If you want to pass that exam, you'll have to knuckle down (to some hard work). 你要想考试及格, 就得开始下功夫（苦干）了. knuckle under (infml 口) accept or admit defeat; surrender 屈服; 认输; 投降.
🏥 医学释义
①指节，关节 ②万能接头
🗣️ 情景例句
I do have an answer, Philip.
我确实有一个答案， Philip。
What are you going to do now?
现在你要做什么？
In many countries, more and more companies are replacing people with computers.
在许多国家有越来越多的公司使用电子计算机来代替人。