| 单词 | there is no knowing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthere is no knowing a. The fact of being aware or informed of something; acquaintance with or apprehension of a thing or fact; cognizance, knowledge; †intimation, report (obsolete). In later use chiefly in there is no knowing: one cannot know, no one can tell. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [noun] i-witnessc888 knowledging?c1225 wittinga1300 beknowing1340 sciencec1350 bekenningc1380 knowinga1398 knowledgea1398 meaninga1398 cunningshipa1400 feela1400 understanda1400 cognizancec1400 kenningc1400 witc1400 recognizancec1436 cognition1447 recognitionc1450 cognoscencec1540 conscience1570 comprehension1597 comprehense1604 cognizant1634 sciency1642 scibility1677 society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] warningc1386 knowinga1398 notice1415 notification1415 advisement?a1425 advertisement1426 intimation1442 advertising1525 note1597 card1761 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxii. 1212 It is yseide þat ofte it semeþ þat in yrchouns is witte and knowyng of comyng of wyndes north and souþ. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5496 A neu king, þat of ioseph had na knouyng. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) l. 1273 I send hym knowyng of crystes deth. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13199 When hit come to the knowyng of hir kid brother, Poliphemus prudly preset hir after. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. iii. f. 3v If the not knowing [L. ignorantia] of God be any where to be founde. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xix. 711/2 Without the knowing & assent of the Lords. 1730 D. Waterland Rem. Clarke's Expos. Catech. 92 If we once yield to go farther than is reasonable..in the subversive Way, there is no knowing where..to stop. 1788 R. B. Sheridan St Patrick's Day ii. 20 Heaven send we succeed better, but there's no knowing. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 60/2 There was no knowing what it might lead to. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. ii. ii. 293 There's never any knowing where that'll end. 1928 F. M. Ford Last Post i. iv. 86 Perhaps they did not care about discipline. There was no knowing. 1990 K. Lehrer Theory of Knowl. viii. 158 It follows both from the fact known and from the knowing of the fact that the skeptical hypotheses are false. 2006 New Yorker 11 Sept. 32/2 There's no knowing what place September 11th will occupy in our minds in another five or ten years. < as lemmas |
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