brass

/bræs/

意味: 真鍮

例文: Kai polished the brass… then tripped over it.
　　  カイは真鍮を磨いたが、それにつまずいた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: brass band(ブラスバンド), brass instrument(ブラス楽器), brass section(ブラスセクション)

定義: 金属の一種で、銅と亜鉛の合金です。黄色っぽい色をしており、楽器や装飾品、硬貨などに使われます。音楽では、トランペットやトロンボーンなどの金管楽器を指すこともあります。

brassは約90,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an alloy of copper and zinc
Noun: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
Noun: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
Noun: impudent aggressiveness
Noun: an ornament or utensil made of brass
Noun: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
Noun: a memorial made of brass

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The musician polished his brass instrument before the concert.(音楽家はコンサートの前に金管楽器を磨いた。)
She found a brass key hidden in the old chest.(彼女は古い箱の中に隠された真鍮の鍵を見つけた。)
The elegant brass plaque commemorates the town’s founding in 1823.(その優雅な真鍮のプレートは1823年の町の創立を記念している。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he claims that the present administration is corrupt
Noun: the governance of an association is responsible to its members
Noun: he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
Noun: I couldn’t believe her boldness
Noun: he had the effrontery to question my honesty

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): administration, boldness, brass, brass instrument, brass section, cheek, establishment, face, governance, governing body, memorial tablet, nerve, organisation, organization, plaque

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): aggressiveness, body, copper-base alloy, decoration, memorial, section, wind instrument

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): administration, adornment, aluminum bronze, arabesque, architectural ornament, beading, boldness, bow, brass, brass section, bronze, cenotaph, centerpiece, christendom, christmas tree, church, cockade, college, colony, combativeness, competitiveness, constantan, constituency, corps, cupronickel, design, diaspora, electoral college, embellishment, finial, flower arrangement, folderal, free-reed instrument, gargoyle, garnish, graffito, gravestone, hanging, hood ornament, immigration, incrustation, inlay, inspectorate, interior decoration, intrusiveness, jury, kazoo, knob, leadership, lunula, megalith, membership, militia, molding, nailhead, national monument, necklet, ocarina, occupational group, opposition, organ, organ pipe, overlay, panel, pantheon, percussion section, pipe, post horn, public, reed section, registration, representation, rosemaling, sacred college, school, set decoration, seven wonders of the ancient world, sgraffito, spiral, sprig, staff, string section, stud, tail fin, tinsel, tracery, triumphal arch, ulema, university, vote, whistle, wind chime, woodwind

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): alpha brass, alpha-beta brass, audacity, baritone, bass horn, bearing brass, bugle, cartridge brass, clarion, cornet, county council, curia, executive, flugelhorn, french horn, gilding metal, government officials, high brass, judiciary, latten, low brass, management, ormolu, red brass, saxhorn, top brass, trombone, trumpet section

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: administer, brassy, cheek, cheeky, face, nervy, organise, organize

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): s

Exam Level

TOEIC900

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: