| 单词 | knight |
| 释义 | knight (once / 88 pages) 1nv 2n Traditionally the noun knight means someone born of the nobility and trained to fight, usually in heavy metal armor. As a verb, if a king decides to knight you, that means the king wants to make you into a knight. Real life knights haven’t been around since the Middle Ages, which ended around 600 years ago. These days knight is an honorary title awarded by nations with royal families like the UK. These nations will knight anyone they think is deserving from a rock star to a politician. More casually, you can use knight to describe anyone who acts chivalrous, or bravely. If you are rescued from a burning building, you might call your rescuer, a “knight in shining armor.” WORD FAMILYknight: knighted, knighthood, knighting, knightly, knights+/knighthood: knighthoods/knightly: knightliness USAGE EXAMPLESThe brand represents a new approach for Constellation, which also recently launched Ravage, a red-wine brand geared toward men with horseback-riding knights on its labels. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) “One of the reasons I won: Bobby Knight! That’s the gold standard, right?” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Knights led by 27 at the half, holding Temple to 11 points for the fewest points allowed in a half. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit Exp|Hypo|Hyper Sir Geraint (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table carpet knight a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle) bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, knight bachelora knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon banneret, knight banneret, knight of the square flaga knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command Knight of the Round Tablein the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court knight-erranta wandering knight travelling in search of adventure Knight Templar, Templara knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher male aristocrat a man who is an aristocrat 2v raise (someone) to knighthood 2The Beatles were knighted Syn|Hyper dub ennoble, entitle, gentle give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility n a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) Syn|Hyper horse chess piece, chessman any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess |
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