Front | knave |
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Pron | [neɪv] |
Back | 【knave】 n.骗子;诡计多端的人 The knaves who set fire to the barn have been caught and sent to prison. 纵火绕谷仓的骗子被抓起来送到牢里去了。 |
Vocab | knavea deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
You don't hear about knaves much these days: it's an older word for a rascal, a scoundrel, or a rogue. It isn't a compliment. If you read Shakespeare for long, you'll definitely see the word knave more than once. In Shakespeare, an important person like a king or a prince might call a thief a knave. Knaves always tend to be up to trouble such as stealing and getting drunk. You don't want to trust a knave; knaves lie, deceive, and betray. Today, we might call a knave a scumbag or lowlife. All forms of 'knave' will appear on average once every 708 pages. knave knavery knavish knavishly |
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