| 释义 | Adjective: knowing  nowing Noun: knowing  nowingEvidencing the possession of inside information- wise, wise to
Characterized by conscious design or purpose"a knowing attempt to defraud"
 - intentional
Alert and fully informed"a knowing collector of rare books"
 - knowledgeable, knowledgable
Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding"knowing instructors"
 - knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read, knowledgable, well-versed
 Verb: know (knew,known)  nowA clear and certain mental apprehension
 Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about"I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"
 - cognize, cognise [Brit]
Know how to do or perform something"She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
Be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt"I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"
Be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object"She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"
Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations"I know the feeling!"
 - experience, live
Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority- acknowledge, recognize, recognise [Brit]
Have fixed in the mind"I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"
Know the nature or character of"we all knew her as a big show-off"
Be able to distinguish, recognize as being different"The child knows right from wrong"
Perceive as familiar"I know this voice!"
[archaic] Have sexual intercourse with"Adam knew Eve"
 - sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, bonk [Brit], make whoopee
 Derived forms: knowings See also: educated, informed, intended, knowable, knower, knowingly, knowingness Type of: accept, agnise [Brit], agnize, call back, call up, copulate, couple, differentiate, distinguish, experience, go through, higher cognitive process, mate, pair, realise [Brit], realize, recall, recognise [Brit], recognize, recollect, remember, retrieve, secern, secernate, see, separate, severalise [Brit], severalize, tell, tell apart, think Antonym: ignore Encyclopedia: KnowKnowing |