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Knave Knaves Word Call Neɪv N.骗子;诡计多端的人 Set Fire

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Pron [neɪv]
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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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