释义 |
knewknew /njuː $ nuː/ verb ► knew what ... hit He was gone before they knew what had hit them (=realized what had happened). ► the first I knew/heard- And yet these hills are the first I knew and loved.
- It was the first I knew about it.
► I never knew (that)- I never knew you played the guitar!
- And I never knew he took my advice about Eliot so seriously.
- As I once told you, I never knew where we were heading when I first drove out the Anacreonians.
- But I never knew from one week to the next if there would be any money.
- I sort of dabble my foot in it like it's a puddle. I never knew Marie was married.
- I was brought up in a pit village near Bishop Auckland and I never knew my father.
- Those men have to stand that over and over again. I never knew it was like that.
- You and your father. I never knew two people more alike.
- You said they stole your milk. I never knew what it was that messed him up.
► the next thing I/she etc knew- And the next thing I knew, I was here.
- But the next thing she knew she was crying.
- He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent.
- I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew, some one was waking me.
- I had hardly dated, and the next thing I knew I was getting married.
- I must have fallen asleep, for the next thing I knew I was woken by the ringing of the telephone.
- I started to run and the next thing I knew I was lying on the kitchen table.
► I (only) wish I knew- And I wish I knew why.
- But being so weak seems wrong now too. I wish I knew judo.
- Don't ask me what I do want. I wish I knew.
- He was a sad person underneath. I wish I knew what he was so sad about.
- I do know that it was because of an argument that he left. I wish I knew more.
- I won't listen to you any more. I wish I knew what time it was.
- Men clustered and chattered lively in groups. I wished I knew how to smoke.
- Very grand. I wish I knew where it is now.
the past tense of know1 |