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单词 brassen
释义

brassen

See also: brässen and Brassen

English

Etymology

From brass + -en.

Verb

brassen (third-person singular simple present brassens, present participle brassening, simple past and past participle brassened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour
    • 2004, Tom Morrisey, Deep Blue, page 290:
      He could possibly understand a man wishing to blacken the gray as he aged, it was only natural—to a point, and then it was not. But to brassen one's hair like a homosexual?
    • 2011, Ken Bruen, Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice:
      'You seem disappointed, was I supposed to brassen up. I thought this was other biz, not a shag call.'

Middle English

Adjective

brassen

  1. Alternative form of brasen

References

  • brasen, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.
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