bra·zen /ˈbrezṇ/
(a.)黃銅制的,厚顏無恥的(vt.)厚臉皮地對待
Bra·zen a.
1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
Brazen age. (a) Myth. The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) Archæol. See under Bronze.
Brazen sea Jewish Antiq., a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.
Bra·zen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brazened p. pr. & vb. n. Brazening.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. --W. Black.
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brazen
adj 1: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles
Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the
modern world with its quick material successes and
insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of
progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced,
bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen-faced,
insolent]
2: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
v : face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"