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knack 音标拼音: [n'æk] n. 熟练技术,巧妙的手法,诀窍 熟练技术,巧妙的手法,诀窍 knack n 1: a special way of doing something; " he had a bent for it"; " he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; " he couldn' t get the hang of it" [ synonym: { bent}, { knack}, { hang}] Knack \ Knack\ ( n[ a^] k), v. i. [ Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knacken to break, Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.] 1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To speak affectedly. [ Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster]
Knack \ Knack\, n. 1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack. [ 1913 Webster] A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby' s cap. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used with for; as, a knack for playing the guitar. [ 1913 Webster PJC] The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. " The knacks of japers." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] For how should equal colors do the knack ! -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 47 Moby Thesaurus words for " knack": ability, adroitness, aptitude, aptness, art, bauble, bent, bibelot, bric- a- brac, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, feel, flair, fribble, gaud, genius, gewgaw, gift, gimcrack, hang, head, intuition, kickshaw, knickknack, know- how, mastership, mastery, nose, proficiency, quickness, readiness, set, skill, swing, talent, touch, toy, trick, trinket, turn, way, whim- wham
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