| 单词 | knuckle |
| 释义 | knuckle (once / 1676 pages) nv Your knuckles are the joints in your fingers that are farthest from your fingernails. When you clench your hand into a fist, your knuckles are especially prominent. A knuckle is the part of your hand that makes it possible to move a finger freely, and if someone offers you a "knuckle sandwich," you should politely decline, since they're actually planning to make a fist and punch you in the mouth. To knuckle is to rub with the knuckles, like when you knuckle a bit of sand out of your eye. The root of knuckle is the Proto-Germanic knuk-, "bone." WORD FAMILYknuckle: knuckled, knuckles, knuckling+/knuckles: knuckleses USAGE EXAMPLES“It is misery,” she said, wiping her eyes with a knuckle. The New Yorker(Dec 29, 2016) “Everybody too serious,” Cheng explained during a lesson last month, clenching a paddle with white knuckles before releasing into a shrug. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) The best way to avoid breaking a knuckle? Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) 1n a joint of a finger when the fist is closed Syn|Hyper knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint a joint so articulated as to move freely 2v press or rub with the knuckles Hyper press exert pressure or force to or upon 3v shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground Hyper shoot throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective |
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