核心畫面

Picture a man in metal armour on a horse: he holds a rank the king gave him, and in exchange he fights and protects. Two halves live in that one picture — the horse-and-armour fighter, and the honour handed down from a monarch. Later uses each pick up one half: the chess piece keeps the horse, the modern 'Sir' keeps the honour.

可以想成:一個穿著金屬盔甲、騎在馬上的人。他的身分是國王給的,而他用打仗和保護來回報。這一個畫面裡其實裝了兩半:一半更多收起可以想成:一個穿著金屬盔甲、騎在馬上的人。他的身分是國王給的,而他用打仗和保護來回報。這一個畫面裡其實裝了兩半:一半是「騎馬打仗的武士」,一半是「由君主授予的榮銜」。後來的用法各拿走一半——西洋棋的騎士留下了馬,現代的 Sir 留下了榮銜,而「及時出現救人的英雄」留下的是那份保護。

From the picture

君主授予的榮銜

保留的是核心畫面裡「國王給的身分」那一半:今天英國仍然沿用這個制度,只是受封的人不必再上馬打仗,換成在各行各業有貢獻。

honorary title holder · noun · B1

A man who has been given a special honour by a king or queen and can put the title 'Sir' before his name.

爵士

及時出現的救星

保留的是騎士故事裡「趕來保護」的那一半:故事中的騎士總在最危急的時候出現,於是這個角色本身變成一個比喻。

brave rescuer · noun · B1

A brave person who comes to help or save someone when they are in trouble.

及時相救的英雄

Also in this word

medieval mounted warrior · noun · A2

A man in the past who had a high rank and was trained to fight on horseback, often wearing metal armour.

騎士

chess piece · noun · A2

A chess piece shaped like a horse's head that moves in an L-shape on the board.

騎士(西洋棋)

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Knightname/naɪt/

  • 1

    An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a mounted soldier.

    • Though teams from China have hoisted the Summoner’s Cup, which goes to the Worlds champion, it’s always been South Korean mid laners who have starred on those teams. Erzberger said Knight wants to be the first Chinese mid laner to hoist that trophy — and maybe become a national treasure himself.
  • 2

    A town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.

  • 3

    A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

knightnoun詞源 1/ˈnaɪ̯t/

  • 1

    historicalA young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.

    • Not all knights held fiefs, and it was not unusual for knights to buy themselves freedom from the obligations of the fief, or even to abscond with the arms provided by their lord, becoming a part of the large number of unenfeoffed, wandering knights available for hire […]
  • 2

    historicalA minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.

  • 3

    An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

    • King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
    • There are two tombs, each bearing effigies of a knight and his lady. One is 14th century, the other 15th century. The earlier knight wears chain mail and his lady has long, flowing hair. The later knight has plate armour, and his wife wears a wimple.
  • 4

    historicallawA person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.

  • 5

    A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

  • 6

    literaryA brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.

  • 7

    board-gameschessgamesA chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

    • The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal. […] There are two knights, on the squares g1 and e1, and one of them moves to the square f3: either Ngf3 or Nef3, as the case may be.
  • 8

    datedcard-gamesgamesA playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.

  • 10

    Any mushroom belonging to genus Tricholoma.

  • 11

    A species of nymphalid butterfly, Lebadea martha, found in tropical and subtropical Asia.

    • The Knight is quite common in the Srimangal forests, especially along the beds of dry or flowing streams.
    • The Knight is a rather common species on Pulau Ubin and is regular seen on various parts of the island.

knightverb詞源 2/ˈnaɪ̯t/

  • 1

    To confer knighthood upon.

    • The king knighted the young squire.
    • Highborn boys were sent off to another noble household at the age of about seven, to serve strenuously as pages and later as esquires to their lord before they themselves were knighted, looked around for a "lady" and incidentally got married and produced more knightlets, whom they never got to know at all well.
  • 2

    board-gameschessgamesTo promote (a pawn) to a knight.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。