- [uncountable]
a bright yellow metal made by mixing copper and zinc; objects made of brass 黄铜；黄铜制品 solid brass fittings/door handles 纯黄铜配件／门把手 a brass plate (= a sign outside a building giving the name and profession of the person who works there) 黄铜门牌（刻有姓名和职业） to clean/polish the brass 擦净／擦亮黄铜器 candlesticks made of solid brass 纯黄铜制成的烛台
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gleaming
- polished
- shiny
- …
- be made from/in/of/out of
- in brass
- [uncountable + singular or plural verb]
the musical instruments made of metal, such as trumpets or French horns, that form a band or section of an orchestra; the people who play them （管弦乐团的）铜管乐器，铜管乐器组 
music for piano, strings and brass 钢琴、弦乐器和铜管乐器的合奏乐曲 the brass section of the orchestra 管弦乐队的铜管乐器组
Oxford Collocations Dictionarybrass + noun- band
- instrument
- section
- …
- [countable] (British English)
a decorated piece of brass used as an attractive object, especially a round flat piece attached to a horse’s harness 黄铜饰品（尤指马挽具上的黄铜圆片） - [countable] (especially British English)
a flat piece of brass with words or a picture on it, fixed to the floor or wall of a church in memory of somebody who has died 黄铜纪念牌（钉在教堂的地上或墙上以纪念死者，上面刻有文字或雕像） a memorial brass 纪念黄铜
- (especially North American English) (also informal top brass)[uncountable + singular or plural verb]
the people who are in the most important positions in a company, an organization, etc. （公司、机构等的）最高负责人，要员，头目 - [uncountable] (British English, old-fashioned, informal)
money 钱 see also brassy
metal金属
musical instruments乐器
for a horse马用
in church教堂
important people要人
money钱
Word OriginOld English bræs, of unknown origin.
Idioms
(as) bold as brass
- (informal)
without showing any respect, shame or fear 放肆的；厚颜无耻的；胆大妄为的 She marched in here, bold as brass, and demanded a pay rise. 她大胆地走进来，要求加薪。
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- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
brass monkeys | brass monkey weather
- (British English, slang)
if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather 极冷的天气；天寒地冻
brass neck
the brass ring
- (North American English, informal)
the opportunity to be successful; success that you have worked hard to get 成功的机遇；获胜良机；（来之不易的）成功
(get down to) brass tacks
- (informal)
(to start to consider) the basic facts or practical details of something （开始考虑）基本事实，具体问题
where there’s muck there’s brass
- (British English, saying)
used to say that a business activity that is unpleasant or dirty can bring in a lot of money 哪儿有脏活哪儿有钱赚；要挣大钱就别怕脏