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kenning 音标拼音: [k'ɛnɪŋ] n. 比喻的复合辞 比喻的复合辞 kenning n 1: conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetryKen \ Ken\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Kenned} ( k[ e^] nd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Kenning}.] [ OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [ root] 45. See { Can} to be able, { Know}.] 1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [ Archaic or Scot.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [ Archaic or Scot.] " We ken them from afar." -- Addison [ 1913 Webster] ' T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Kenning \ Ken" ning\, n. [ See { Ken}, v. t.] 1. Range of sight. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles. [ 1913 Webster]
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