knob
英 [n?b]
美[nɑb]
- n. 把手；瘤；球形突出物
- vi. 鼓起
- vt. 使有球形突出物
- n. (Knob)人名；(匈、捷)克諾布
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?knobs;
中文詞源
knob 門把手，旋扭，疙瘩
來自中古英語knobbe,來自Proto-Germanic*kunppo,泥塊，木塊，來自PIE*gen,壓，捏，成團，詞源同knead.引申詞義門把手，旋扭，疙瘩等。
英文詞源
- knob
- knob: see knot
- knob (n.)
- late 14c., knobe, probably from a Scandinavian or German source (compare Middle Low German knobbe "knob," Middle Dutch cnoppe, Dutch knop, Old Frisian knopp, knapp, Old High German knopf, German Knopf "button," Old Norse knyfill "short horn"). Meaning "knoll, isolated round hill" is first recorded 1640s, especially in U.S.
雙語例句
- 1. Top the steaming hot potatoes with a knob of butter.
- 在冒熱氣的馬鈴薯上放一小塊黃油。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The cutters are opened by turning the knob anticlockwise.
- 逆時針轉動旋鈕可以開啟切割機。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He twiddled a knob on the dashboard.
- 他轉動著儀表板上的一個旋鈕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A loose brass knob on the bedstead rattled.
- 床架上一個松動的球形銅扣發(fā)出嘎啦聲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. the volume control knob
- 音量控制旋鈕
來自《權威詞典》
