knowing /n'oɪŋ/
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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]
knowing
(a.)博學的,聰穎的,精明的
資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Know \Know\, v. t. [imp. {Knew}; p. p. {Known}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knowing}.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn["a]wan; akin to OHG.
chn["a]an (in comp.), Icel. kn["a] to be able, Russ, znate to
know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. ?, Skr. jn?; fr. the root of
E. can, v. i., ken. (?). 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.
O, that a man might know The end of this day's
business ere it come! --Shak.
There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know
it. --Dryden.
Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be
strong. --Longfellow.
2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of;
as, to know things from information.
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.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
--2 Cor. v.
21.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --Milton.
4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of;
as, to know a person's face or figure.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. --Matt. vil.
16.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
--Luke xxiv.
31.
To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. --Shak.
At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
--Flatman.
5. To have sexual commerce with.
And Adam knew Eve his wife. --Gen. iv. 1.
Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an
infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a
dependent sentence, etc.
And I knew that thou hearest me always. --John
xi. 42.
The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --Sir
W. Scott.
In other hands I have known money do good.
--Dickens.
{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.
資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Knowing \Know"ing\, a.
1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a
knowing dog.
The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
--South.
2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]
資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Knowing \Know"ing\, n.
Knowledge; hence, experience. `` In my knowing.'' --Shak.
This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. --Shak.
資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]
knowing
adj 1: evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: {wise(p)},
{wise to(p)}]
2: by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a
knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
[syn: {deliberate}, {intentional}, {willful}, {wilful}]
3: alert and fully informed; "politically aware"; "a knowing
collector of rare books"; "the most...technically aware of
the novelists under thirty"- W.S.Graham; "surprisingly
knowledgeable about what was going on" [syn: {aware(p)}, {knowledgeable}]
4: highly educated; having extensive information or
understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing
instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable
audience" [syn: {enlightened}, {knowledgeable}, {learned},
{lettered}, {well-educated}, {well-read}]
n : clear and certain mental apprehension
資料來源(6): Internet Dictionary Project [english-french]
knowing
entendu(e)[Adjective]