knuckle
US: /ˈnəkəɫ/
UK: /nˈʌkəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
knuckle /'nʌkl/- danh từ
- khớp đốt ngón tay
- khuỷ, đốt khuỷ (chân giò lơn, cừu...)
- (kỹ thuật) khớp nối
- to get a rap on (over) the knuckles
- bị đánh vào đốt ngón tay
- (nghĩa bóng) bị mắng mỏ, bị trách phạt
- near the knuckle
- (thông tục) gần đi đến chỗ thô thục bất lịch sự (câu chuyện, câu nói đùa...)
- ngoại động từ
- cốc (bằng ngón tay)
- ấn bằng ngón tay gặp lại
- nội động từ
- tì đốt ngón tay xuống đất (để bắn bi)
- to knuckle down; to knuckle under
- đầu hàng, chịu khuất phục
- to knuckle down to one's work
- tích cực (kiên quyết) bắt tay vào việc
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [C] any of the joints in the fingers, especially those connecting the fingers to the rest of the hand
2 (also hock especially in AmE) [U, C] a piece of meat from the lower part of an animal's leg, especially a pig: knuckle of pork
Idioms: near the knuckle (BrE, informal) (of a remark, joke, etc.) concerned with sex in a way that is likely to offend people or make them feel embarrassed: His act is too near the knuckle for me.
more at RAP n., RAP v.
verb
Phrasal Verbs: knuckle down (to sth) (informal) to begin to work hard at sth: I'm going to have to knuckle down to some serious study.
knuckle under (to sb/sth) (informal) to accept sb else's authority
Collocation
ADJ.
bony | bleeding, bloodied, bruised, grazed, swollen
VERB + KNUCKLE
crack
He rubbed his hands together, cracking his knuckles as he tried to control his anger.
| bruise, graze, scrape, skin
KNUCKLE + NOUN
bone
PHRASES
rap sb on/over the knuckles
(figurative) The Assistant Manager was rapped over the knuckles for criticizing the company in the press.
Concise dictionary
knuckles|knuckled|knuckling'nʌklnoun
+a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
verb
+press or rub with the knuckles
+shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
