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Knightly means of knights, or more often like a knight: brave, honourable, and careful with people who are weaker. You might hear knightly courage, knightly manners, or knightly armour.
Knightlyknightly means指的是 of knights屬於騎士的, or more often like a knight或更常是「像騎士一樣」: brave, honourable, and careful with people who are weaker勇敢、正直,並且對比較弱勢的人小心呵護。 You might hear你可能會聽到 knightly courage, knightly manners, or knightly armourknightly courage(騎士般的勇氣)、knightly manners(騎士般的風度),或knightly armour(騎士的盔甲)。
It is a rather old, word; everyday English is more likely to say brave, noble, or chivalrous. As an adverb it is even rarer: to behave knightly.
It它 is a rather old, bookish word是個相當古老、書面的字; everyday English日常英文 is more likely to say brave, noble, or chivalrous更常會說brave、noble,或chivalrous。 As an adverb當副詞用的時候 it is even rarer更少見: to behave knightly像behave knightly(表現得有騎士風範)這種說法。
Though actually, the warm glow around the word is a later feeling. Long ago this family of words could mean a young man or even a servant, so knightly did not always sound grand.
Though actually不過實際上, the warm glow around the word這個字帶有的正面光環 is a later feeling是後來才有的感覺。 Long ago很久以前, this family of words這一整族的字 could mean a young man or even a servant可以指年輕男子,甚至僕人, so knightly did not always sound grand所以knightly不見得一直都聽起來很高尚。
Today, if you call someone's behaviour knightly, you are praising it, often a little romantically.
Today今天, if you call someone's behaviour knightly如果你說某人的行為knightly, you are praising it你是在稱讚他, often a little romantically而且常常帶點浪漫的味道。
組成knight + -ly (the ending that makes an adjective, and also an adverb). From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich. Old English cnihtlīċ meant 'boyish'; Dutch knechtelijk and German knechtlich now mean servile or menial — cousins that kept the older, lower sense.
同家族的字
- knightthe person; knightly describes things or behaviour of that kind
- knighthoodthe rank; knightly is the adjective for the knight's world or manners
原始詞典資料3 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。
knightlyadj詞源 1/ˈnaɪtli/
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Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
- Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.
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Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
- knightly combat
knightlyadv詞源 2/ˈnaɪtli/
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In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.
- Mar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art. And why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?
- Who backs a horse, or bears a hawk, or wears A sword like him! Whose plume nods knightlier?
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。