單詞
ken
英 [ken]
美[k?n]
基本信息
- n. 視野范圍，見地，知識范圍
常用詞匯TOEFLGRE
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?kens;過去式:?kenned;? kent;過去分詞:?kenned;? kent;現在分詞:?kenning;
中文詞源
ken 視野，知識范圍
來自古英語cennan,使知道，詞源同can,know.引申詞義視野，知識范圍。
英文詞源
- ken
- ken: [OE] Once a widespread verb throughout English, ken is now restricted largely to Scotland, having taken over the semantic territory elsewhere monopolized by know. In Old English it actually meant not ‘know’ but ‘make known’; it was the causative version of cunnan ‘know’ (ancestor of modern English can). Its relatives in other Germanic languages made the change from ‘make known’ to ‘know’ early – hence German kennen ‘know’, for example In the case of English ken, the impetus is thought to have come from Old Norse kenna ‘know’. The derived noun ken, as in ‘beyond one’s ken’, dates from the 16th century.
=> can - ken (v.)
- "to know," Scottish dialect, from Old English cennan "make known, declare, acknowledge" (in late Old English also "to know"), originally "make to know," causative of cunnan "to become acquainted with, to know" (see can (v.)). Cognate with German kennen, Danish kjende, Swedish k?nna. Related: Kenned; kenning.
- ken (n.2)
- "house where thieves meet," 1560s, vagabonds' slang, probably a shortening of kennel.
- ken (n.1)
- "range of sight," 1580s, a nautical abbreviation of kenning.
雙語例句
- 1. "I know, I know," said Ken, grumpily, without looking up.
- “我知道，我知道，”肯氣呼呼地說，連頭都沒有抬。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. "Go and have a word with her, Ken," Webb instructed.
- “肯，去和她談談吧，”韋布吩咐道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Ken's jaw jutted with determination.
- 肯堅定地揚起下頜。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Ken passed the books to Sergeant Parrott.
- 肯把那些書遞給帕羅特警官。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Ken's wife, Vicki, said: "He's a broken man."
- 肯的妻子薇姬說：“他被毀了。”
來自柯林斯例句