brazen
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(archaic)Made of brass.
Brazen or rather copper swords seem to have been next introduced; these in process of time, workmen learned to harden by the addition of some other metal or mineral, which rendered them almost equal in temper to iron.
- 2.
(figuratively)Brass-like in appearance or character; bright, ruddy, hard.
- 3.
Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
And now the Trumpets terribly from far, / With rattling Clangor, rouze the sleepy War. / The Souldiers Shouts succeed the Brazen Sounds, / And Heav'n, from Pole to Pole, the Noise rebounds.
- 4.
(archaic)Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.
- 5.
Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash.
She was brazen enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on camera doing so.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To turn a brass color.
- 2.
(transitive)Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc.
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thumb|An Ashanti [[brass figurine of a leopard from Kroform, a small village in the Ashanti Region, Ashantiland, Ghana]] From Middle English brasen, from Old English bræsen (brazen, of brass); equivalent to brass + -en (compare golden, wooden, etc.).