Knob
[nɒb] or [nɑb]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a round handle.
(noun.) a circular rounded projection or protuberance.
(noun.) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger.
錄入:莫拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
(n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.
(n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.
(n.) See Knop.
(v. i.) To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
整理:肯尼思
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Protuberance, boss, bunch, hunch, STUD.
整理:雷蒙德
解釋/意思:
n. a hard protuberance: a hard swelling: a round ball.—adj. Knobbed containing or set with knobs.—n. Knob′biness.—adj. Knob′by full of knobs: knotty.—n. Knob′stick (slang) a synonym for a blackleg or scab in trades-union slang.
手打:菲尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Baird's division was accordingly sent from the right of Orchard Knob. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- As I was with him on Orchard Knob, he would not move without further orders from me. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Tom said this with his back to his master, and his hand on the door-knob. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- On this day, then, he went directly to the door and spent hours examining it and fussing with the hinges, the knob and the latch. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick with a knob to it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The morning of the 25th opened clear and bright, and the whole field was in full view from the top of Orchard Knob. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Tom, let the door-knob alone,--there's a man! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The giant rolls consist of a pair of iron cylinders of massive size and weight, with removable wearing plates having irregular surfaces formed by projecting knobs. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- To the faces of these rolls were bolted a series of heavy, chilled-iron plates containing a number of projecting knobs two inches high. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Uriah stopped short, put his hands between his great knobs of knees, and doubled himself up with laughter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- There were several doors with brass knobs. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- He sported a military frock-coat, ornamented with frogs, knobs, black buttons, and meandering embroidery. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Each roll had also two rows of four-inch knobs, intended to strike a series of hammer-like blows. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The palate is also covered with hard rounded knobs. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
錄入:玛莎