know-hown.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊhaʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊˌhaʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English to know how.

Etymology: < to know how (see know v. 11b(b)). Compare earlier savoir faire n.

Originally U.S. colloquial.

Knowledge of how to do some particular thing; skill, expertise, esp. in regard to a practical or technical matter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or knowledge

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1838 New Yorker 14 July 260/2 I promise, 1st. To do the duties of the office to the best of my know-how, and have a stouter man than myself to help me.

1857 Spirit of Times 26 Dec. 270/3 ‘No, no, Massa,’ replied the gentleman from Africa, ‘charge fifty cents for killing, and fifty for the know how.’

1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea II. 95 He has the money. We have the know-how. He comes in winter to play poker... When he's lost his money we make him drunk and let him go.

1944 H. A. Wallace Cent. Common Man 52 We have the ‘know how’ to help many of the poverty-stricken peoples to set their feet on the path of education, manual dexterity, and economic literacy.

1946 Times 10 Dec. 2/6 With regard to American investments in this country the Government welcomed such applications if they brought to this country real industrial knowledge, the ‘know how’, which otherwise we should be without.

1949 Listener 15 Sept. 451/3 A manager may have knowledge of a process in his charge, but not the know-how possessed by the foreman who controls it.

1967 L. B. Archer in G. Wills & R. Yearsley Handbk. Managem. Technol. 129 It takes special talent and know-how on the part of a properly trained designer to create a successful house style.

1972 P. M. Hubbard Whisper in Glen ix. 91 She hasn't got the mere social know-how to carry it off.

2003 S. Brooke 2cool2btrue vi. 53 They realised that his dull, safe financial know-how could form an essential bedrock to the company.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	know-how
释义	know-hown. Brit. /ˈnəʊhaʊ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌhaʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English to know how. Etymology: < to know how (see know v. 11b(b)). Compare earlier savoir faire n. Originally U.S. colloquial. Knowledge of how to do some particular thing; skill, expertise, esp. in regard to a practical or technical matter. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or knowledge insightc1175 smeighnessc1200 slyness1357 cunningc1374 knowledge?a1425 wisdom1526 sight1530 cunningness1609 can1721 know-how1838 can-do1839 1838 New Yorker 14 July 260/2 I promise, 1st. To do the duties of the office to the best of my know-how, and have a stouter man than myself to help me. 1857 Spirit of Times 26 Dec. 270/3 ‘No, no, Massa,’ replied the gentleman from Africa, ‘charge fifty cents for killing, and fifty for the know how.’ 1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea II. 95 He has the money. We have the know-how. He comes in winter to play poker... When he's lost his money we make him drunk and let him go. 1944 H. A. Wallace Cent. Common Man 52 We have the ‘know how’ to help many of the poverty-stricken peoples to set their feet on the path of education, manual dexterity, and economic literacy. 1946 Times 10 Dec. 2/6 With regard to American investments in this country the Government welcomed such applications if they brought to this country real industrial knowledge, the ‘know how’, which otherwise we should be without. 1949 Listener 15 Sept. 451/3 A manager may have knowledge of a process in his charge, but not the know-how possessed by the foreman who controls it. 1967 L. B. Archer in G. Wills & R. Yearsley Handbk. Managem. Technol. 129 It takes special talent and know-how on the part of a properly trained designer to create a successful house style. 1972 P. M. Hubbard Whisper in Glen ix. 91 She hasn't got the mere social know-how to carry it off. 2003 S. Brooke 2cool2btrue vi. 53 They realised that his dull, safe financial know-how could form an essential bedrock to the company. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838
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