Brass

(noun.) a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece.

(noun.) a memorial made of brass.

(noun.) an ornament or utensil made of brass.

(noun.) an alloy of copper and zinc.

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• Brass tubes can easily be bent by ramming full of sand, stopping the ends, and bending them over a curved surface. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• My eye had been caught by a gun with a brass-bound stock over the chimney-piece, and his eye had followed mine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Rosa Dartle sat looking down upon her, as inflexible as a figure of brass. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It consisted of a graduated arc of soli d polished brass five inches broad, two inches thick, and with a radius of about six and three quarters feet. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• And if it was a toasting-fork, you'd go into brass and do yourself no credit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Ye've gi'en your brass; ye've done well. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Four brass chains support a slab of wood about 28 inches long by about 8 or ten inches in width. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• A watch balance is made with a rim of brass encircling and firmly united to the rim of steel. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And the worker in leather and brass will make them? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I was shown a little kitchen with a little stove and oven, with few but bright brasses, two chairs and a table. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The homely little house stood there, its panels and brasses shining in the firelight, as if magically created to receive them. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Mr. Moore, while enjoying the genial glow, kept his eyes directed towards the glittering brasses on the shelf above. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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