knave
英 [neɪv]
美[nev]
- n. 无赖；流氓；（纸牌中的）杰克
- n. (Knave)人名；(瑞典)克纳弗
词态变化
复数: knaves;
中文词源
knave 无赖，恶棍，梅花杰克
来自古英语cnafa,小伙，仆人，来自Proto-Germanic*knabo,小伙，年青人，来自PIE*gnebh,压，压紧，来自*gen的扩大形式，压，弯，捏，成团，词源同knob,knead.其原义可能为一块木头，圆棍，年青人或培训期的骑士所持有的武器，而乡绅或贵族通常持刀剑。参照bachelor,年青人，词源同bacillus,杆菌。
英英释意
- 1. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- 2. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
英文词源
- knave (n.)
- Old English cnafa "boy, male servant," common Germanic (cognates: Old High German knabo "boy, youth, servant," German knabe "boy, lad," also probably related to Old English cnapa "boy, youth, servant," Old Norse knapi "servant boy," Dutch knaap "a youth, servant," Middle High German knappe "a young squire," German Knappe "squire, shield-bearer"). The original meaning might have been "stick, piece of wood" [Klein]. Sense of "rogue, rascal" first recorded c. 1200. In playing cards, "the jack," 1560s.
实用场景例句
- the knave of clubs
- 梅花杰克
牛津词典
- But, did the Knave steal the tarts?
- 但是, 杰克到底有没有偷馅饼?
期刊摘选
- The honest man take pain, and then enjoy pleasure ; the knave take pleasure, and then suffer pain.
- 君子先苦后甜; 人小先甜后苦.
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- You look a fool at the best, and a knave at worst.
- 你呀,说好呢不过像个傻瓜, 说坏呢不过像个流氓.
辞典例句
- Reports are often false, and always false when made by a knave to cloak his knavery.
- 报告常常是虚假的, 而由一个恶棍为掩饰自己的恶行而作的报告,则永远是虚假的.
期刊摘选
- Back in his home town of Vitebsk by 1914 , Chagall joined the Knave of Diamond group.
- 1914年他回到家乡维捷布斯克, 参加了方块杰克小组.
期刊摘选
- The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasure, the knave takes pleasure, and then suffers pains.
- 正直的人先经历痛苦, 然后享受欢乐; 无赖先享受欢乐, 然后经历痛苦.
期刊摘选
- Once a knave, always a knave.
- 一次耍无赖, 终身臭名在.
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- The Knave shook his head sadly.'Do I look like it?'he said.
- 武士伤心地摇摇头说: “ 我像会游水的 吗 ?”
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- Once a knave, ever a knave.
- 一次成无赖, 永远是无赖.
《简明英汉词典》
- He hid a knave of hearts in his pocket.
- 他把一张红桃J藏在口袋里.
期刊摘选
- We should set him down as neither a knave nor a fool.
- 我们既不应该把他视为无赖,也不该把他看作傻瓜.
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- Better be a fool than a knave.
- 宁做傻瓜,不做无赖.
《简明英汉词典》
- He was an angel on the surface, but at heart a knave.
- 他表面上是个天使, 实际上却是个无赖.
期刊摘选
- A primrose doublet, fortune's knave, smiled on my fear.
- 身穿淡黄色心的命运之奴仆, 看到我的恐惧,泛出微笑.
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- It is that knave who answers in my heart.
- 那个坏蛋却在我心中响应.
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- He has shown himself a very knave.
- 他已经现出自己正是一个恶棍.
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- A crafty knave needs no broker.
- 狡猾的无赖无需中间人.
《简明英汉词典》
- We set him down as either a knave or a fool.
- 我们认为他是个无赖要不然就是蠢蛋.
期刊摘选
- Cassio. A knave teach me my duty ! I'll beat the knave into a twiggen bottle.
- 凯西奥一个混蛋竟敢教训起我来! 我要把这混蛋打进一只瓶子里去.
期刊摘选
- He is a knave in grain.
- 他是一个坏透了的人.
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- Early master, long knave.
- 早早当老爷, 未久为仆役.
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- Five hours sleepeth a traveler, seven a scholar, eight a merchant, and eleven every knave.
- 旅行者睡五小时, 学者睡七小时, 商人睡八小时, 穷汉睡十一小时.
期刊摘选
- A Knave is usually a person who gets into trouble.
- 一个无赖往往意味着他是一个带来麻烦的人.
期刊摘选
- the knave of clubs
- 梅花杰克
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》