knight

noun
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Idioms
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  1. (in the Middle Ages) a man of high social rank who had a duty to fight for his king. Knights are often shown in pictures riding horses and wearing armour.(中世纪的)骑士
    • tales of medieval knights errant, wandering in search of chivalrous adventures中世纪游侠到处历险的故事
    see also black knight, white knight
    Homophones knight | nightknight   night
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    • knight noun
      • The story tells of a knight who leaves the castle to fight a dragon.故事讲述了一个骑士离开城堡与龙搏斗。
    • night noun
      • At night you can see thousands of stars.到了晚上,您可以看到数千颗星星。
    Topics Historyb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • medieval
    • chivalrous
    • noble
    phrases
    • a knight errant
    • a knight in armour/​armor
    • a knight in shining armour/​armor
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  2. (in the UK) a man who has been given a special honour by the king or queen and has the title Sir before his name (英国)爵士(其名前冠以 Sir)compare baronetTopics People in societyb2
  3. a piece used in the game of chess that is like a horse’s head in shape(国际象棋中的)马
    Topics Games and toysc2
  4. Word OriginOld English cniht ‘boy, youth, servant’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knecht and German Knecht. Sense (2) dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
a knight in shining armour
  1. (usually humorous) a man who saves somebody, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation救人(尤指女子)于危难之中的男子;(拯救美人的)英雄
    • She's still waiting for a knight in shining armour to come and rescue her.她仍在等待身着闪亮盔甲的骑士来救她。

knight

verb
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[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they knight
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he / she / it knights
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past simple knighted
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past participle knighted
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-ing form knighting
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  1. to give somebody the rank and title of a knight封(某人)为爵士
    • be knighted (by somebody) He was knighted by the Queen for his services to industry.他因对工业界的贡献获女王封为爵士。🔊🔊
    Word OriginOld English cniht ‘boy, youth, servant’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knecht and German Knecht. Sense (2) dates from the mid 16th cent.