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BNC: 13703 COCA: 11646

knack

Word family 
knack /næk/ noun informal  
1  [singular]GOOD AT a natural skill or ability 〔天生的〕技能，本领 → talent
knack for doing something
 Some people seem to have a knack for making money.
有些人好像天生就有赚钱的本事。
knack of doing something
 Thomson’s knack of scoring vital goals makes him important to the team.
汤姆森能够打入关键球的本领使他在队中具有举足轻重的地位。
2  have a knack of doing something informal British EnglishBrEOFTEN to have a tendency to do something 有做某事的习惯
 He has a knack of saying the wrong thing.
他总爱说一些不合时宜的话。
Examples from the Corpus
have a knack of doing something• Children have a knack of choosing the most inconvenient or embarrassing times for their Socratic dialogues.• I have spent years using buses, and seem to have a knack of sitting next to some very odd people.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
have a knack
He seems to have a knack for getting people to agree with him.
get the knack
Once you've got the knack, you'll never forget how to do it.
lose the knack
He proved that he hadn't lost the knack for scoring goals.
adjectives
an uncanny knack (=an ability that seems surprising or strange)
She has an uncanny knack for knowing what you're really thinking.
an unhappy knack (=a knack that you would not want)
He had the unhappy knack of making enemies.
Examples from the Corpus
knack of doing something• But like most of his colleagues in Hampden Babylon he had an uncanny knack of pushing the self-destruct button.• Chris Allison believes Gedge's forte is his knack of writing strong songs with a commercial edge.• Gore reportedly has a knack of forcing the president to make up his mind and move on.• He had found in school that he didn't seem to have the knack of making himself come.• I should guess that your little friend has a splendid knack of observation but no fictional powers.• Once you have got the knack of this you can do it anywhere, whenever you need it.• Smith has a second claim with his knack of producing wicket-taking spells at a brisk pace.• The knack of outline planting is to arrange a selection of these shapes in groups that are pleasing to the eye.
Origin knack
(1300-1400) Perhaps from Dutch or Low German knak “(sound of) a sudden blow”, from the sound
knack noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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BNC: 13703 COCA: 11646
knack

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + KNACK | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤real真本領▸➤amazing, incredible, uncanny驚人的／令人難以置信的／神奇的本領▸➤happy, unfortunate (both BrE) 幸福的／不幸的習慣◇He had the unfortunate knack of making enemies in the party.不幸的是，他總是在黨內樹敵。VERB + KNACK➤have有技巧▸➤demonstrate, display, show展現／顯示／表現本領▸➤acquire, develop, get掌握技能；摸到竅門◇Once you get the knack, it's easy.你一旦掌握了竅門就容易了。➤lose失去技能◇I don't cook much these days and I think I may have lost the knack.最近不經常做飯，我想也許都忘了該怎麼做了。PREPOSITION➤knack for⋯的技巧◇a woman with a real knack for handling horses深諳馭馬之道的女子➤knack of⋯的技巧◇He has the knack of scoring just when it's most needed.他擁有在最為需要的時刻得分的本事。➤knack to⋯的竅門◇Making omelettes isn't difficult, but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋餅不難，但有竅門。
BNC: 13703 COCA: 11646
knack noun
⇨ skill 1
BNC: 13703 COCA: 11646
knack
Skill, talent and ability: experience, ability, skill...
Habits and habitual behaviour: habit, routine, daily life...

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