Old English cnafa "boy, male servant," common Germanic (cognates: Old High German knabo "boy, youth, servant," German knabe "boy, lad," also probably related to Old English cnapa "boy, youth, servant," Old Norse knapi "servant boy," Dutch knaap "a youth, servant," Middle High German knappe "a young squire," German Knappe "squire, shield-bearer"). The original meaning might have been "stick, piece of wood" [Klein]. Sense of "rogue, rascal" first recorded c. 1200. In playing cards, "the jack," 1560s.
雙語例句
1. the knave of clubs
梅花杰克
來自《權威詞典》
2. Once a knave, ever a knave.
一次成無賴, 永遠是無賴.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Better be a fool than a knave.
寧做傻瓜,不做無賴.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的無賴無需中間人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. You look a fool at the best, and a knave at worst.