Knight

[naɪt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa).

(noun.) originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit.

(verb.) raise (someone) to knighthood; 'The Beatles were knighted'.

艾伦錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

(n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.

(n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John.

(n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.

(n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.

(n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

(v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.

黛安娜校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Cavalier, chevalier, horseman, horse-soldier, equestrian.

編輯:露西尔

解釋/意思:

n. one of gentle birth and bred to arms admitted in feudal times to a certain honourable military rank: (Shak.) an attendant: a champion: the rank with the title 'Sir ' next below baronets: a piece used in the game of chess.—v.t. to create a knight.—ns. Knight′age the collective body of knights; Knight′-bach′elor one who has been knighted merely not made a member of any titular order; Knight′-bann′eret a knight who carried a banner and who was superior in rank to the knight-bachelor; Knight′-err′ant a knight who travelled in search of adventures; Knight′-err′antry; Knight′hood the character or privilege of a knight: the order or fraternity of knights; Knight′hood-err′ant (Tenn.) the body of knights-errant.—adj. Knight′less (Spens.) unbecoming a knight.—n. Knight′liness the bearing or duties of a knight.—adj. and adv. Knight′ly.—ns. Knight′-mar′shal formerly an officer of the royal household; Knight′-serv′ice tenure by a knight on condition of military service.—Knight of industry a footpad thief or sharper; Knight of the carpet a civil knight as opposed to a military so called because created kneeling on a carpet not the field; Knight of the pestle an apothecary; Knight of the post one familiar with the whipping-post or pillory; Knight of the road a highwayman; Knight of the shire a member of parliament for a county; Knight's fee the amount of land with which a knight was invested on his creation; Knights of Labour in the United States a national labour organisation; Knights of Malta (see Hospitaller); Knights of St Crispin shoemakers; Knights of the rainbow flunkeys from their liveries; Knights of the shears tailors; Knights of the spigot tapsters publicans; Knights of the stick compositors; Knights of the whip coachmen; Knights Templars (see Templar).

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