brass monkey

短语

n. 猴儿冷（指特别冷）

发音

AU

词形变化

brass monkeys 复数 brass monkeys

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of Brass Monkey (“cocktail”).

adj.
  1. 1.

    Very cold.

    习语

    It's brass monkey weather today, isn't it?

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

stand base pedestal

词源

From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. According to the U.S. Naval Historical Center, which cites the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, 'the first recorded use of the term "brass monkey" appears to dates^([sic]) to 1857 when it was used in an apparently vulgar context by C.A. Abbey in his book Before the Mast in the Clippers, where on page 108 it says "It would freeze the tail off a brass monkey."' A number of false etymologies have been suggested. For more information, see brass monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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