brass hat

短语

高级官员；有权有势者

发音

AU

词形变化

brass hats 复数 brass hats

别名

brasshat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A high-ranking officer. Commander.

    俚语 政治 军事

    "American brass hats make no secret that they regard outer space as a potential theater of military operations," it said.

    He raised his first storm in January 1967 when, as leader of the "Save the Argylls" campaign, he claimed the brass hats had driven the regiment's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell, into resignation.

    This being Libya, there were conflicting signals yesterday – an army brass hat captured here, a counter-attack by Gaddafi forces there […]

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

officer

词源

From the military brass insignia on a service hat.

来源：wiktionary