英:['nɒbɪ]
美:['nɒbɪ]
英:['nɒbɪ]
美:['nɒbɪ]
knob·by
na bi
比较级:knobbier
最高级:knobbiest
knobbiness (n.)
词根:knob
adj.knobbed 有节的;有圆头的
knobbly 有节的;多疙瘩的;流行的;棘手的(等于knobby)
n.knob 把手;瘤;球形突出物
knobble (树的)小节;小瘤,小疙瘩
v.knobbed 鼓起(knob的过去式和过去分词)
vi.knob 鼓起
vt.knob 使有球形突出物
knobble 从采出的石料中去除碎块
adjective
covered with or having lumps or knobs; lumpy.knobby legs
like a lump or knob.a knobby bulge on his lip
1540年代,来自 knob + -y (2)。另一种形式 knobbly 可追溯至1859年。相关词汇: Knobbiness。
Middle English knobbe; akin to Middle Low German knubbe knob
The first known use of knob was in the 15th century
knockout1 of 2noun
the act of knocking out : the condition of being knocked out
something or someone very striking or attractive
knock out2 of 2verb
to make unconscious
knock offverb
to stop doing something
knock1 of 2verb
to strike with a sharp blow
to set in motion with a sharp blow
to bump against something
wander sense 1
knocked about the country last summer
to have engine knock
to find fault with
don't knock it—there are worse jobs
knock2 of 2noun
a sharp blow
a severe misfortune or hardship
a pounding noise
heard a knock on the door
a sharp rattling noise caused by abnormal ignition in an automobile engine
knockernoun
a device made like a hinge and fastened to a door for use in knocking
knock1 of 2verb
to strike with a sharp blow
to set in motion with a sharp blow
to bump against something
wander sense 1
knocked about the country last summer
to have engine knock
to find fault with
don't knock it—there are worse jobs
knock2 of 2noun
a sharp blow
a severe misfortune or hardship
a pounding noise
heard a knock on the door
a sharp rattling noise caused by abnormal ignition in an automobile engine
knock downverb
to strike to the ground with or as if with a sharp blow
to sell to the highest bidder at an auction
to take apart
knockaboutadjective
being noisy and rough : boisterous
knock1 of 2verb
to strike with a sharp blow
to set in motion with a sharp blow
to bump against something
wander sense 1
knocked about the country last summer
to have engine knock
to find fault with
don't knock it—there are worse jobs
knock2 of 2noun
a sharp blow
a severe misfortune or hardship
a pounding noise
heard a knock on the door
a sharp rattling noise caused by abnormal ignition in an automobile engine
knobnoun
a rounded lump
a small rounded handle
a rounded hill
knobnoun
a rounded lump
a small rounded handle
a rounded hill
1 It was small and leathery looking, with a large, knobby, bald head exactly like a potato.
2 He turned his knobby walnut head and hawked on the pavement.
3 Beige and cracked and knobby, as wide as a rib of celery and as long as a pencil.
4 She touched the raised pattern with a knobby finger.
5 Thick knobby whorls of the same brown extended from the wall’s base.
6 Now even the gentlemen go around with their white, knobby knees peeking out from under their long shirttails.
7 However, Wenxian knobby newt are suffering from the threats of the extension of tea gardens, firewood, drought and narrowing distribution areas.
文县疣螈面临茶园扩张、薪柴、干旱和分布区狭窄的威胁。
8 Any of various widely distributed, chiefly nocturnal, curlewlike shore birds of the family Burhinidae, having large heads, large yellow eyes, and knobby leg joints.
分布广泛的鸻行目呈杓鹬样的海鸟,主要在夜间活动。长有大的头、黄色大眼睛及节结状腿。
9 Nodding to the rhythm, a pair of knobby little buds in his ears.
10 The brown mustache, the knobby chin, the sallow yellowed flesh and small dark eyes, all melted.
11 It looked, Alexander wrote, “like a charred, knobby broomstick.”
12 I felt my knobby wrists rubbing together painfully, felt my groin ache and the hair on my legs yanked off when Coach Raskin removed the tape.
13 Searching for the sight of one of those ugly, knobby squash.
14 His finger rose six inches to the knobby beginning of a branch.
15 a carved walking stick with a silver knob
16 At eighteen, Elizabeth Manwill was an easy target for mockery: glasses perpetually sliding down her nose, forehead knobby with acne, clothes frumpy and ill fitting.
17 When we bow, he touches our heads lightly with his knobby, be-ringed hands, and then we rise.
18 He was a stunted little man with knobby knees and a balding head and a nose like a used pencil eraser, and he was stark naked and slimed head to toe with sticky, translucent gel.
19 A few round, knobby squash had spilled from an open sack and were rolling aimlessly around on the floor.
20 Turn the knobby thing!
快转那个会卷的东西!
1 疙瘩多的
2 漂亮
what-ho posh-looking prick-up spick-and-span well-looking well-favored niftic catish swellelegous swellish good pretty likely nice beautiful proper smart grand proud prime trick sharp trim brilliant gorgeous elegant stylish keen wizard brave swell feat spicy chic heavenly spectator handsome chick classy plush spruce nifty dreamy posh nutty snappy knowing sassy smashing swish swagger dressy presentable snazzy saucy chipper pin-up peachy trig tony dinky wally spiffy ritzy nice-looking ducky rakish dossy spiff tricksy high-toned voguish gradely dashy well-favoured slicked-up fair nicely bravely smartly handsomely prettily tosh class beauty drift brilliance swank prettiness pulchritude sug shapeliness presentability
5 棘手的
tough tight awkward thorny touchy knotted knotty spinous ticklish delicate sticky troublesome prickly techie spiny untoward tetchy tricksy scabrous difficile
6 疖多的
7 困难
mean hard nice difficult tight painful uncomfortable stiff sticky uphill hairy troublesome laborious thorny pinched spiny knotted labored laborsome arduously stickily troublesomely matter pressure trouble difficulty mess involvement rub Jam pinch hurdle pickle strait handicap hardness kink toughen in difficulties hot water boiling water
8 时髦的
what-ho voguey swellish in modern smart exclusive sharp stylish swell happening fashionable classy cheesy vogue posh snappy knowing sassy doggy swish swagger dandy dressy swanky snazzy saucy foxy tony genteel jaunty go-go ritzy rakish modish high-toned nobby dandyish voguish mondaine with-it high-hat dashy
9 流行
voguey in about current popular hot pop familiar ruling prevalent fashionable prevailing vogue predominant rife groovy box-office modish regnant abroad run mode spread ton popularity epidemic prevalence contagion go catch obtain circulate prevail popularize afloat
10 困难的
mean hard nice difficult tight painful uncomfortable stiff sticky uphill hairy troublesome laborious thorny pinched spiny knotted labored laborsome
11 流行的
voguey in current popular hot pop familiar ruling prevalent fashionable prevailing vogue predominant rife groovy box-office modish regnant
12 漂亮的
what-ho posh-looking prick-up spick-and-span well-looking well-favored niftic catish swellelegous swellish good pretty likely nice beautiful proper smart grand proud prime trick sharp trim brilliant gorgeous elegant stylish keen wizard brave swell feat spicy chic heavenly spectator handsome chick classy plush spruce nifty dreamy posh nutty snappy knowing sassy smashing swish swagger dressy presentable snazzy saucy chipper pin-up peachy trig tony dinky wally spiffy ritzy nice-looking ducky rakish dossy spiff tricksy high-toned voguish gradely dashy well-favoured slicked-up
13 使人困惑的
16 人困惑的
18 绝不妥协的
19 时髦
what-ho voguey swellish in modern smart exclusive sharp stylish swell happening fashionable classy cheesy vogue posh snappy knowing sassy doggy swish swagger dandy dressy swanky snazzy saucy foxy tony genteel jaunty go-go ritzy rakish modish high-toned nobby dandyish voguish mondaine with-it high-hat dashy go mode fashion ton chic finery dandyism