| 释义 |
knightlike, a. and adv.|ˈnaɪtlaɪk|
[See -like.]
A. adj. Like or befitting a knight; knightly.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 20 In Tornementis, and Justyngis, And mony oþir Knychtlyk Thyngis. 1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 204 Agreeable to the last rule, which was the better and more Knightlike. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xii. 202 That great and puissant Knight (in whose victorious dayes Those knight-like deeds were done). 1847Tennyson Princ. iv. 577 He knightlike in his cap instead of casque..assumed the Prince.
B. adv. = knightly adv.
1375Barbour Bruce xv. 53 Thai mantemyt that gret melle So knychtlik apon athir syde. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 1047 Rycht knychtlik he thaim kend, In that jornay othir to wyn or end. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 22 If he die, he knight-like dies in blood. 1808Scott Marm. iii. xviii, If, knight-like, he despises fear. |