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knowing 音标拼音: [n'oɪŋ] a. 博学的,聪颖的,精明的 博学的,聪颖的,精明的 knowing adj 1: evidencing the possession of inside information [ synonym: { knowing}, { wise( p)}, { wise to( p)}] 2: characterized by conscious design or purpose; " intentional damage"; " a knowing attempt to defraud"; " a willful waste of time" [ synonym: { intentional}, { knowing}] 3: alert and fully informed; " a knowing collector of rare books"; " surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on" [ synonym: { knowledgeable}, { knowing}] 4: highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; " knowing instructors"; " a knowledgeable critic"; " a knowledgeable audience" [ synonym: { knowing}, { knowledgeable}, { learned}, { lettered}, { well- educated}, { well- read}] n 1: a clear and certain mental apprehensionKnow \ Know\ ( n[= o]), v. t. [ imp. { Knew} ( n[= u]); p. p. { Known} ( n[= o] n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Knowing}.] [ OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn[ aum] wan; akin to OHG. chn[ aum] an ( in comp.), Icel. kn[ aum] to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. gighw` skein, Skr. jn[= a]; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. [ root] 45. 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. [ 1913 Webster] O, that a man might know The end of this day' s business ere it come! -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. -- 2 Cor. v. 21. [ 1913 Webster] Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person' s face or figure. [ 1913 Webster] Ye shall know them by their fruits. -- Matt. vil. 16. [ 1913 Webster] And their eyes were opened, and they knew him. -- Luke xxiv. 31. [ 1913 Webster] To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] At nearer view he thought he knew the dead. -- Flatman. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To have sexual intercourse with. [ 1913 Webster] And Adam knew Eve his wife. -- Gen. iv. 1. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive ( with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc. [ 1913 Webster] And I knew that thou hearest me always. -- John xi. 42. [ 1913 Webster] The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] In other hands I have known money do good. -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Knowing \ Know" ing\, a. 1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog. [ 1913 Webster] The knowing and intelligent part of the world. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster]
Knowing \ Know" ing\, n. Knowledge; hence, experience. " In my knowing." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 174 Moby Thesaurus words for " knowing": Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, advised, aimed, aimed at, alive, all- knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, arch, artful, astute, awake, aware, blase, brainy, bright, brilliant, broad- minded, cagey, calculated, calculating, canny, clever, cognizant, comprehending, conceptive, conceptual, conscious, considered, conspiratorial, conspiratory, contemplated, conversant, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep- laid, deliberate, deliberated, designed, designing, devious, diplomatic, discerning, discursive, disenchanted, disillusioned, eloquent, envisaged, envisioned, experienced, expert, expressive, feline, foxy, gnostic, guileful, hep, ideational, ingenious, insidious, insightful, intellectual, intelligent, intended, intentional, inventive, knowledgable, knowledgeable, learned, mature, matured, meaningful, meant, meditated, mindful, mondaine, nimble- witted, noetic, not born yesterday, not so dumb, observant, of design, old, omniscient, pawky, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, planned, politic, practiced, prehensile, private, profound, projected, proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, qualified, quick, quick- witted, rational, ready, reasonable, resourceful, ripe, ripened, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, scheming, seasoned, secret, sensible, sentient, serpentine, sharp, sharp- witted, shifty, shrewd, significant, slick, slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophic, sophistical, sophisticate, sophisticated, stealthy, strategic, strong- minded, studied, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, teleological, trickish, tricksy, tricky, tried, tried and true, understanding, veteran, vigilant, voluntary, vulpine, wary, watchful, well- informed, willful, wily, wise, wise as Solomon, witting, world- wise, worldly, worldly- wise
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