| 词汇 | knack |
| 释义 | knackWord family nounknackinessknackadjectiveknackish 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 adjectivesHe proved that he hadn't lost the knack for scoring goals. 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. (1300-1400) Perhaps from Dutch or Low German knak “(sound of) a sudden blow”, from the sound |
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