英语词汇“knight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

knightknight1 /naɪt/ ●○○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYknight¹

Origin: Old English cniht

1a European man with a high rank in past times, who was trained to fight while riding a horse → see also white knight2the chess piece with a horse’s head on it3a man who has received a knighthood and has the title “Sir” before his name4a knight in shining armor a brave man who saves someone from a dangerous situation

noun | verb

knightknight2 verb [transitive usually passive]

VERB TABLE

knight

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	knight
	he, she, it	knights
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	knighted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have knighted
	he, she, it	has knighted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had knighted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will knight
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have knighted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am knighting
	he, she, it	is knighting
	you, we, they	are knighting
Past	I, he, she, it	was knighting
	you, we, they	were knighting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been knighting
	he, she, it	has been knighting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been knighting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be knighting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been knighting

to give someone the rank of knight