| 单词 | known |
| 释义 | known (once / 18 pages) adj Something known is something people are aware of or know about. Don’t ask a known thief to walk your dog while you’re out of town, especially if she is known as the “Poodle Poacher.” When you know something, it’s in your memory and awareness. When something is known, you know it! Technically, known is the past participle of know. Cigarettes are known to cause cancer. Martin Luther King is known as a hero to Americans. Cassius Clay is known as Muhammad Ali. If you stay out late and get in trouble, you should’ve known better. Something known is established, and people don't have reason to doubt it. WORD FAMILYknown: knownly, unknown+/foreknow: foreknew, foreknowing, foreknown, foreknows/know: foreknow, knew, knowable, knower, knowing, known, knows/knowable: unknowable/knower: knowers/knowing: knowingest, knowingly, knowingness, knowings, unknowing/unknowable: unknowably/unknowing: unknowingly, unknowingness/unknown: unknowns USAGE EXAMPLESIt would also clear the way for European industry to start building a second "service module" for America’s forthcoming crewship known as Orion. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) The likelihood of something like this occurring was well known. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) The push by Mr. Gensler clashed with the staid culture of an agency once known as the “watchdog that didn’t bark.” New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) adj apprehended with certainty a known quantity the limits of the known world a musician known throughout the world a known criminal Syn|Ant acknowledged recognized or made known or admitted familiarwell known or easily recognized glorioushaving or deserving or conferring glory best-knownmost familiar or renowned better-knownmore familiar or renowned than the other of two celebrated, famed, famous, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renownedwidely known and esteemed identifiedhaving the identity known or established legendaryso celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend proverbialwidely known and spoken of well-knownwidely or fully known unknown not known unacknowledgednot recognized or admitted unfamiliarnot known or well known ingloriousnot bringing honor and glory chartless, uncharted, unmapped(of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated little-knownunknown to most people unbeknown, unbeknownst(usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of undiagnosedeluding diagnosis undiscovered, unexplorednot yet discovered unheard-ofpreviously unknown unidentifiednot yet identified |
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