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单词 knapped
释义

knap

1 of 2

noun

ˈnap How to pronounce knap (audio)
1
chiefly dialectal : a crest of a hill : summit
2
chiefly dialectal : a small hill

knap

2 of 2

verb

knapped; knapping

transitive verb

1
: to break with a quick blow
especially : to shape (something, such as flints) by breaking off pieces
2
dialectal British : rap entry 2 sense 1
3
dialectal British : snap, crop
4
dialectal British : chatter
knapper noun

Example Sentences

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Verb
Knowing how to make a friction fire, or how to whittle a paddle out of a log, or how to knap stone arrowheads all have their place in a survival situation (particularly fire making). Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2020 There was the first time someone knapped and hafted a rock onto a spear shaft, and the first time someone strung up a bow. Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2020 His hair was unruly and his large, blunt fingers were usually fishing for a cigarette, except when preoccupied with his favourite hobby: knapping prehistoric flint tools. 1843, 20 Feb. 2020 Shaggy Briton woodsmen in the vast pre-Roman forests of Cumbria, gripping their sacred Langdale axes, with glimmering heads knapped from the rare volcanic greenstone mined from the Pike of Stickle. Jonny Diamond, Longreads, 8 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English cnæp; akin to Old English cnotta knot

Verb

Middle English knappen, of imitative origin

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

knapped

verb

past tense of knap
as in carved

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • carved
  • chiseled
  • sculpted
  • sculptured
  • graved
  • hewed
  • cut
  • fashioned
  • stamped
  • chiselled
  • molded
  • boasted
  • minted
  • coined
  • formed
  • modeled
  • kneaded
  • abated
  • patted
  • worked
  • forged
  • wrought
  • hammered
  • planished
  • chased
  • modelled
  • pounded
  • drew
  • beat
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