| 单词 | knave |
| 释义 | knave (once / 709 pages) 1n 2n You don't hear about knaves much these days: it's an older word for a rascal, a scoundrel, or a rogue. It isn't a compliment. If you read Shakespeare for long, you'll definitely see the word knave more than once. In Shakespeare, an important person like a king or a prince might call a thief a knave. Knaves always tend to be up to trouble such as stealing and getting drunk. You don't want to trust a knave; knaves lie, deceive, and betray. Today, we might call a knave a scumbag or lowlife. WORD FAMILYknave: knavery, knaves, knavish+/knavery: knaveries/knavish: knavishly USAGE EXAMPLESThey also portray the King of Hearts and the King of Knaves. Washington Times(Nov 18, 2016) “I—I must say yes. But the specter—” “Just answer the questions, knave!” the ghost said. Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth(2008) “That dark, designing, sordid, ambitious, vain, proud, arrogant and vindictive knave,” Revolutionary War General Charles Lee said in 1779 of soon-to-be President George Washington. Time(Apr 28, 2016) 1 n a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel 2Syn|Hyper rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet scoundrel, villain a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately n one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince Syn|Hyper jack court card, face card, picture card one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
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