knife

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈnaɪ̯f/    美 /ˈnaɪ̯f/|/ˈnɑɪ̯f/|/ˈnɒ̈ɪ̯f/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
    — He was looking for a knife to chop some steak.
  2. A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.
  3. Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
动词 v.
  1. To cut with a knife. transitive
  2. To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. transitive
    — She was repeatedly knifed in the chest.
  3. To cut through as if with a knife. intransitive
    — The boat knifed through the water.
  4. To betray, especially in the context of a political slate. transitive
  5. To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut. transitive

词形变化

knives plural knyfe alternative,noun,obsolete knive alternative,uncommon,verb knifes present,singular,third-person knifing participle,present knifed participle,past knifed past knyfe alternative,noun,obsolete knive alternative,uncommon,verb

词汇关系

上位词
cold weapon edged weapon tool
下位词
007 knife air knife athame ballistic knife banana knife Barlow knife Batangas knife bayonet bistoury Bolo knife boning knife boot knife Bowie knife bread knife bush knife butcher knife butchers' knife butcher's knife butterfly knife butterknife butter knife cane knife carpet knife carving knife case knife cheese knife chef's knife clasp-knife clasp knife clicking knife cook's knife craft knife dagger deer antler knife deer horn knife dinner knife dirk dirk knife diving knife drawing knife drawknife eating knife electric carving knife electric knife Exacto knife falling knife fascine knife filleting knife fillet knife fish-knife fish knife fixie flick knife flick-knife folder folding knife gamma knife grapefruit knife gravity knife Gurkha knife hay knife herb knife hobby knife hunting knife jack-knife jack-knife barber Khyber knife kitchen knife leather knife Lebsche knife linoleum knife machete marking knife molecular knife moon-knife mora knife neck knife oyster knife oyster-shucking knife painting knife palette knife paper knife paper-knife paring knife penknife petty knife pocketknife pocket knife pocket-knife poniard putty knife race knife radio knife Rambo knife rasing-knife reed knife riving knife scalpel scalping knife scrieve knife sheath-knife sheath knife shucking knife snow knife squash knife Stanley knife steak knife stiletto survival knife sushi knife Swiss Army knife switchblade table knife tanto knife throwing knife tomato knife trench knife twist of the knife utility knife voiding knife waiter's knife white handled knife Yakutian knife Yakut knife zombie knife
衍生词
knife up
并列词
awl cake slice cake-slice cutting tool rapier sword

词源

词源 1
From Middle English knyf, knif, from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr or Proto-West Germanic *knīb, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from *knīpaną (“to pinch”), Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ- (compare Lithuanian gnýbti, žnýbti (“to pinch”), gnaibis (“pinching”)). Displaced native Middle English sax (“knife”), from Old English seax; and Middle English coutel, qwetyll (“knife”) from Old French coutel.
* The verb is first attested in 1865. The variant knive is first attested in 1733.
Cognates
Cognate with Yola kunnife (“knife”), North Frisian knif (“knife”), Dutch knijf (“long pointy knife, poniard”), German Knifte (“rifle; thick slicebread”), German Low German Knief (“knife”), Luxembourgish Knäip (“paring knife”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk kniv (“knife”), Faroese knívur (“knife”), Icelandic hnífur, knífur (“knife”), Swedish knif, kniv (“knife”).
词源 2
From Middle English knyf, knif, from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr or Proto-West Germanic *knīb, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from *knīpaną (“to pinch”), Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ- (compare Lithuanian gnýbti, žnýbti (“to pinch”), gnaibis (“pinching”)). Displaced native Middle English sax (“knife”), from Old English seax; and Middle English coutel, qwetyll (“knife”) from Old French coutel.
* The verb is first attested in 1865. The variant knive is first attested in 1733.
Cognates
Cognate with Yola kunnife (“knife”), North Frisian knif (“knife”), Dutch knijf (“long pointy knife, poniard”), German Knifte (“rifle; thick slicebread”), German Low German Knief (“knife”), Luxembourgish Knäip (“paring knife”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk kniv (“knife”), Faroese knívur (“knife”), Icelandic hnífur, knífur (“knife”), Swedish knif, kniv (“knife”).
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