Knap

[næp]

解釋/意思:

(n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.

(v. t.) To bite; to bite off; to break short.

(v. t.) To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.

(v. i.) To make a sound of snapping.

(n.) A sharp blow or slap.

阿伦編輯

解釋/意思:

n. (Bacon) a protuberance a hillock.—n. Knap′weed a general name for plants of the genus Centaurea of the composite family—star-thistle bachelor's buttons.

v.t. to snap or break with a snapping noise: to break in pieces with blows as stones: to bite off nibble:—pr.p. knap′ping; pa.p. knapped.—ns. Knap′bottle the bladder-campion; Knap′per one who breaks stones esp. one who breaks up flint-flakes for gun-flints; Knap′ping-hamm′er (Scot.) a hammer for breaking stones.—v.i. Knap′ple to nibble.

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