knew 音标拼音: [n'u] [nj'u]
vbl .
know 的过去式
know 的过去式
Knew \
Knew \,
imp .
of {
Know }.
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Know \
Know \ (
n [=
o ]),
v .
t . [
imp . {
Knew } (
n [=
u ]);
p .
p . {
Known }
(
n [=
o ]
n );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Knowing }.] [
OE .
knowen ,
knawen ,
AS .
cn [
aum ]
wan ;
akin to OHG .
chn [
aum ]
an (
in comp .),
Icel .
kn [
aum ]
to be able ,
Russ .
znate to know ,
L .
gnoscere ,
noscere ,
Gr .
gighw `
skein ,
Skr .
jn [=
a ];
fr .
the root of E .
can ,
v .
i .,
ken . [
root ]
45 .
See {
Ken }, {
Can }
to be able ,
and cf . {
Acquaint }, {
Cognition }, {
Gnome }, {
Ignore }, {
Noble },
{
Note }.]
1 .
To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly ;
to understand ;
to have full information of ;
as ,
to know one '
s duty .
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O ,
that a man might know The end of this day '
s business ere it come ! --
Shak .
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There is a certainty in the proposition ,
and we know it . --
Dryden .
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Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong . --
Longfellow .
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2 .
To be convinced of the truth of ;
to be fully assured of ;
as ,
to know things from information .
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3 .
To be acquainted with ;
to be no stranger to ;
to be more or less familiar with the person ,
character ,
etc .,
of ;
to possess experience of ;
as ,
to know an author ;
to know the rules of an organization .
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He hath made him to be sin for us ,
who knew no sin .
--
2 Cor .
v .
21 .
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Not to know me argues yourselves unknown . --
Milton .
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4 .
To recognize ;
to distinguish ;
to discern the character of ;
as ,
to know a person '
s face or figure .
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Ye shall know them by their fruits . --
Matt .
vil .
16 .
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And their eyes were opened ,
and they knew him .
--
Luke xxiv .
31 .
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To know Faithful friend from flattering foe . --
Shak .
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At nearer view he thought he knew the dead .
--
Flatman .
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5 .
To have sexual intercourse with .
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And Adam knew Eve his wife . --
Gen .
iv .
1 .
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Note :
Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (
with or without to )
or a participle ,
a dependent sentence ,
etc .
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And I knew that thou hearest me always . --
John xi .
42 .
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The monk he instantly knew to be the prior . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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In other hands I have known money do good .
--
Dickens .
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{
To know how },
to understand the manner ,
way ,
or means ;
to have requisite information ,
intelligence ,
or sagacity .
How is sometimes omitted . "
If we fear to die ,
or know not to be patient ." --
Jer .
Taylor .
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