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knuckle    音标拼音: [n'ʌkəl]
n. 指节,蹄爪,膝关节
vt.
vi. 以指节打,以手指射

指节,蹄爪,膝关节以指节打,以手指射

knuckle
n 1: a joint of a finger when the fist is closed [synonym:
{knuckle}, {knuckle joint}, {metacarpophalangeal joint}]
v 1: press or rub with the knuckles
2: shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground

Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, n. [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to
D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. kn["o]chel, Sw.
knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.]
1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by
the closing of the fingers. --Davenant.
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2. The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a
quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the
kneejoint of a human being.
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With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly
down. --Golding.
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3. The joint of a plant. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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4. (Mech.) The joining parts of a hinge through which the pin
or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
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5. (Shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where
a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where
a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
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6. A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished
with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a
blow, and to disfigure the person struck; -- called also
{knuckle duster}, {knuckles} or {brass knuckles}. [Slang.]
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{Knuckle joint} (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection
with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two
corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and
is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and
forms the pivot.

{Knuckle of veal} (Cookery), the lower part of a leg of veal,
from the line of the body to the knuckle.
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Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, v. t.
To beat with the knuckles; to pummel. [R.] --Horace Smith.
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Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knuckled};; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Knuckling}.]
To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.
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{To knuckle to}.
(a) To submit to in a contest; to yield to. [Colloq.] See {To
knock under}, under {Knock}, v. i.
(b) To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; as, to
knuckle to work. [Colloq.]
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78 Moby Thesaurus words for "knuckle":
Chateaubriand, ankle, articulation, blade roast, boundary, bow,
breast, brisket, butt, capitulate, cave, cervix, chuck,
chuck roast, clinch, clod, closure, cold cuts, connecting link,
connecting rod, connection, coupling, defer, dovetail, elbow,
embrace, filet mignon, flank, gliding joint, hinge, hinged joint,
hip, interface, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee,
knuckle under, link, loin, miter, mortise, neck, pivot,
pivot joint, plate, plate piece, pot roast, rabbet, rack,
rib roast, ribs, roast, rolled roast, round, rump, rump roast,
saddle, scarf, seam, shank, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod,
sirloin, stitch, submit, succumb, suture, symphysis, tenderloin,
tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union, weld, wrist



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