• n. 無(wú)賴(lài)；流氓；（紙牌中的）杰克
• n. (Knave)人名；(瑞典)克納弗

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)cnafa,小伙，仆人，來(lái)自Proto-Germanic*knabo,小伙，年青人，來(lái)自PIE*gnebh,壓，壓緊，來(lái)自*gen的擴(kuò)大形式，壓，彎，捏，成團(tuán)，詞源同knob,knead.其原義可能為一塊木頭，圓棍，年青人或培訓(xùn)期的騎士所持有的武器，而鄉(xiāng)紳或貴族通常持刀劍。參照bachelor,年青人，詞源同bacillus,桿菌。

knave (n.)

Old English cnafa "boy, male servant," common Germanic (cognates: Old High German knabo "boy, youth, servant," German knabe "boy, lad," also probably related to Old English cnapa "boy, youth, servant," Old Norse knapi "servant boy," Dutch knaap "a youth, servant," Middle High German knappe "a young squire," German Knappe "squire, shield-bearer"). The original meaning might have been "stick, piece of wood" [Klein]. Sense of "rogue, rascal" first recorded c. 1200. In playing cards, "the jack," 1560s.

1. the knave of clubs

梅花杰克

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. Once a knave, ever a knave.

一次成無(wú)賴(lài), 永遠(yuǎn)是無(wú)賴(lài).

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. Better be a fool than a knave.

寧做傻瓜,不做無(wú)賴(lài).

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. A crafty knave needs no broker.

狡猾的無(wú)賴(lài)無(wú)需中間人.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. You look a fool at the best, and a knave at worst.

你呀,說(shuō)好呢不過(guò)像個(gè)傻瓜, 說(shuō)壞呢不過(guò)像個(gè)流氓.

來(lái)自辭典例句