| 英语单词 | knowing |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['nəʊɪŋ] 美 ['noʊɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | adj.会意的;心照不宣的;世故的 n.知晓;了解 动词know的现在分词. |
| 英语例句 | (1) He gave me a knowing look. (2) She's a bit too knowing for me to feel relaxed with her. (3) There's no knowing what they will do. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他会意地看了我一眼。 (2) 她很有点世故,和她相处我觉得不自在。 (3) 没法知道他们会做些什么。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something that's knowing is sneakily wise or perceptive. A knowing smile conveys a lot of information — it implies that you know a secret or are in on some background information. Picture Mona Lisa. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A knowing glance tells its recipient that you've got them figured out or that you're aware of something they haven't shared with many people. You can use this adjective to simply mean "having knowledge" or "intentional" too, as when someone makes a knowing purchase of stolen goods. The noun version of knowing is also simple, meaning "the state of having knowledge or being aware." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]会意的;心照不宣的;知情的 A knowing gesture or remark is one that shows that you understand something, for example the way that someone is feeling or what they really mean, even though it has not been mentioned directly. [usu ADJ n]
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