knight

Word family

knight1 /naɪt/ noun [countableC] → night

1 HIGH POSITION OR RANKa man with a high rank in the past who was trained to fight while riding a horse 骑士，武士

knights in armour

身披盔甲的骑士

→ white knight

2. HIGH POSITION OR RANKa man who has received a knighthood and has the title sir before his name 爵士〔名前冠有Sir这一头衔〕

3. DGOthe chess piece with a horse’s head on it 〔国际象棋中的〕马 →4 See picture of 见图 CHESS →5 see picture at 见图 chess

4. a knight in shining armour BRAVEa brave man who saves someone, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation 救人〔尤为女性〕于危难之中的勇士

Examples from the Corpus

knight• They dream of a great castle called Camelot and a round table that could seat 150 knights.• Besides, away from their home base, knights were useless on their own.• A black knight appeared, as though out of profound shadow, on the surface of the ultimately narrow board.• My sister has enough knights strewn across history to re-enact Agincourt.• Pete lifted his knight but changed his mind and put it back on the board.• He sent waggon-loads of treasure and a great entourage of knights to Saragossa with requests for a formal reconciliation.• Henry I's knights at Tinchebrai in 1106 also dismounted, owing to the nature of the battlefield.• Once he brought another famous theatrical knight on the pillion.

knight2 verb [transitiveT]

HIGH POSITION OR RANKto give someone the rank of knight 封〔某人〕为爵士

Examples from the Corpus

knight• In 1596 Crosse was a vice-admiral at the capture of Cadiz, where he was knighted.• He was knighted by Cromwell in 1657 and was buried 20 August 1659.• The castle was built by the first Lord Scrope who fought at Crecy and was knighted for his efforts.• He gave her stolen jewels and she knighted him.• He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1930 and brigadier in 1933, and he was knighted in 1937.• That regulator, James McKinnon, was knighted on 1 January and kicked in the teeth on 15 January.

Origin knight1

Old English cniht

knight1 nounknight2 verb

Chinese

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