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复数:knaves
词根:knave
adj.knavish 无赖的;狡诈的;不正的
n.knavery 恶行,欺诈;无赖行为
noun
a tricky deceitful fellow
jack sense 2a
a boy servant
a male servant
a man of humble birth or position
晚期古英语 cnafa "男孩,男童; 男仆",源自原始日耳曼语 *knabon-(也是古高地德语 knabo "男孩,青年,仆人",德语 knabe "男孩,小伙子"); 它也可能与古英语 cnapa "男孩,青年,仆人",古挪威语 knapi "仆人男孩",荷兰语 knaap "一个年轻人,仆人",中古高地德语 knappe "一个年轻的侍从",德语 Knappe "侍从,持盾者"有关。原始意义不明; 克莱因(Klein)认为史前的意思可能是"棍子,木头"。发音请参见 kn-。
"流氓,恶棍"的意义首次记录于公元1200年左右,可能通过从"一个仆人"到"低出身者之一"的意义演变,以及低劣品质被认为是这种状况的特征。但在中古英语中,它仍保留着非贬义的意义,如 knave-child(苏格兰语 knave-bairn)"男孩"。在纸牌游戏中,指的是"最低的花色牌",出现于1560年代。
Previously, the English equivalent of the French valet was normally known as Knave, in the sense of 'serving-lad'. In the seventeenth century it came to be called Jack, from the name properly applied to the Knave of trumps at All Fours. All Fours being a low-class game, the use of 'Jack' for 'Knave' was long considered vulgar. ('He calls the Knaves Jacks!', remarks Estella contemptuously in Dickens's Great Expectations.) When indices came in, it was obviously preferable to use 'J' rather than 'Kn' to avoid confusion with 'K' for King. Jack has since become the normal title of the lowest court, though 'Knave' can still be heard. [David Parlett, "A History of Card Games," 1991]
以前,法语 valet 的英语对应词通常被称为 Knave,意为"仆人"。在17世纪,它开始被称为 Jack,源自于在 All Fours 游戏中应用于 Knave of trumps 的名称。All Fours 是一种低级游戏,将"Jack"用于"Knave"的用法长期被认为是粗俗的。(在狄更斯的 Great Expectations 中,埃斯特拉轻蔑地说:"他叫那些流氓 Jacks!")当索引出现时,使用'J'而不是'Kn'显然更好,以避免与'K'(代表 King)混淆。Jack 此后成为最低级别的正式称号,尽管"Knave"仍然可以听到。[David Parlett,《纸牌游戏的历史》,1991]
牌中的J
Middle English, from Old English cnafa; akin to Old High German knabo boy
The first known use of knave was before the 12th century
kneadverb
to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands
to treat as if by kneading : massage
knaverynoun
the practices of a knave : rascality
knavenoun
rascal sense 1
jack entry 1 sense 5
1 So, Trump consorts with knaves and fools, plays around with dumb ideas and gives little thought to the safety and welfare of 330 million Americans.
2 My, that Scrooge was a scurvy knave: repossessing houseboats, stealing ugly sweaters, hiding his ill-gotten gains in a litter box.
3 Knave is usually a person who brings trouble.
一个无赖往往意味着他是一个带来麻烦的人。
4 She called the South Korean president “a knave who talks about ‘bold plan’ today and stages anti-north war exercises tomorrow.”
5 The supporting cast includes knaves and villans such as outlaw John Wesley Hardin, Mexican General Santa Anna and swindler Billy Sol Estes.
6 She said it to the Knave of Hearts, who only bowed and smiled in reply.
红心武士只是用鞠躬和微笑作为回答。
7 Once a knave, ever a knave.
一次成无赖, 永远是无赖.
8 “What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!”
9 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.
10 Hislop is merely one very prominent example among many satirists and comedians, on screen, online and in print, who portray British politics as a nest of fools, knaves and incompetents.
11 He is far more fool than knave.
12 Once a knave, ever a knave.
一次成无赖,永远是无赖。
13 Innocently enough, Will Scarlett, knave of hearts and general merry man, seems to be helping.
14 I thought that these moms would want to talk about what they’d done wrong as parents to have raised sons who might be villains, or at least knaves.
15 Wasn’t it Shakespeare who said, “The world is equal parts knaves and princes./Each thinks the other foolish, dim and low”? No. It was me, just now.
16 For George Wickham, the infamous knave of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” 30 years has furnished ample opportunity to live plenty of lives.
17 This isn’t just the land of the fraud but the home of the knave, and Cohen implored Republican lawmakers and Trump supporters nationwide to learn from his own credulity.
18 It is that knave who answers in my heart.
那个坏蛋却在我心中响应.
19 He said he loathed mankind, for men were all knaves and women deceivers.
20 It was peasant fare, as suggested in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” only fit for “bacon-fed knaves.”
2 男仆
khidmutgar man boy valet manservant waiting man valet de chambre groom bearer footman houseman bondsman muchacho bondman flunky hamal gillie mozo maty servingman
3 J牌
4 “J”牌
5 骗子
shicer sharp fraud fake cheat kite sham phony fraudster cheater rook fiddler trickster hustler impostor juggler slicker biter humbug swindler bilk sharper grifter hoaxer gyp mountebank blackleg lurcher pettifogger bilker chiseler ganef quacksalver fourflusher thimblerigger confidence trickster fast talker con artist a shark con man artist shark crook twister phoney racketeer spieler bunyip nobbler overreacher magsman schlenter samfi charlatan conman
6 小
-ular little small low light young minor chicken junior thumbnail petty slender diminutive dinky petit venial sawed-off one-horse pocket-size pint-size shirttail diddy jerkwater Podunk suckerel toucanet caddie pustule littleness fils sitella drop
8 杰克
10 无赖
rogue scab rowdy rascal scoundrel vagabond scamp miscreant blackguard scallywag no-good rotter mucker rapscallion varlet whoreson picaro picaroon ganef roughie bounder roguish cad bum pariah reprobate riffraff scalawag larrikin roughneck spalpeen dog RIP punk Apache trickster greaser scapegrace wretch skelm rake rascally knavish scampish coistrel coistril tough outcast goon vagrant hooligan rummy desperado hempseed mugg scaramouch skellum gaol-bird oilcan rake hell mauvais sujet abandoned ruffian mamzer plug-ugly con weed mug bastard fart bandit filth loon yap cur hoodlum badman limmer highbinder yoot ladron Scaramouch down and dirty
11 恶棍
vag underworldling tough devil villain rogue gorilla thug crook rascal scoundrel miscreant ruffian baddie reprobate roughneck desperado hellion scapegrace toerag spalpeen rascaldom rascallion varlet whoreson larrikin scamp mobster heavy demon mug trickster hoodlum scallywag cad hooligan wretch lowlife blackguard toughie rotter monster bastard baddy a nasty piece of work shit-heel shit-hook coistrel hempy companion bully bandit pimp felon scab bruiser such-and-such blighter Shylock lobo rapscallion bezonian jaboney skellum
14 流氓
vagabond roguish rascally knavish knavishly roughscuff spivery plug-ugly underworldling rogue apache crook rascal vermin hooligan scamp ruffian hoodlum blackguard scallywag rapscallion varlet picaro spalpeen badmash scalawag trailbaston bezonian rascaldom skeezicks rascallion skolly bad egg hard case flash coistrel coistril kite stroller outcast vagrant hessian swashbuckler riffraff toughie hempseed toughy limmer skellum skeesicks faitour plug ugly shit-heel shit-hook gorill tough rough mob mug gangster filth scab goon loon wretch scoundrel such-and-such rascality lobo bullyboy whoreson highbinder skelm yoot tsotsi ladron jaboney Scaramouch