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单词 know how many beans make five
释义

bean /bēn/

noun
  1. The name of several kinds of leguminous plants and their seeds, esp the common or broad bean (Vicia faba) and the French, kidney or haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
  2. Applied also to the seeds of other plants, from their bean-like form, such as coffee
  3. A coin (obsolete except in not a bean (informal) not a cent, no money at all)
  4. (in pl) little or nothing at all (N American informal)
  5. The head (informal)
  6. A component of a Java program that can be reused in other programs (computing)
transitive verb (informal)

To hit on the head

ORIGIN: OE bēan, Ger Bohne

beanˈery noun (US sl)

A cheap restaurant

beanˈie noun (informal)

A small, close-fitting hat

beanˈo noun (pl beanˈos) (informal)

  1. A beanfeast, a rowdy jollification
  2. Bingo

beanˈbag noun

  1. A small cloth bag containing dried beans or the like, used in games, etc
  2. A large cushion filled eg with chips or balls of plastic foam, used as seating (also beanbag chair)

bean caper noun

A shrub (genus Zygophyllum) of steppe and desert whose flower-buds are used as capers

bean counter noun (informal)

An accountant, esp one considered parsimonious or unsupportive of creativity

bean curd noun

A soft paste made from soya beans, used in Chinese and vegetarian cookery

beanˈfeast noun

  1. An annual dinner given by employers to their workers
  2. A jollification

beanˈ-king noun

The king of the festivities on Twelfth Night, finder of a bean hidden in the Twelfth cake

beanˈpole noun

  1. A supporting pole up which a bean plant climbs
  2. A tall, very thin person (informal)

bean sprout, bean shoot noun

The young shoot of the mung bean or certain other beans, used as a vegetable esp in Chinese cookery

beanˈstalk noun

The stem of a bean plant

bean tree noun

A name given to several trees, as Moreton Bay chestnut, carob tree, and catalpa

full of beans (informal)

Energetic and in high spirits

give someone beans (archaic)

To treat someone severely

know how many beans make five (informal)

To be fully alert, know what's what

old bean (informal)

An affectionate form of address, usu to a man

spill the beans (informal)

To divulge information, or a secret, whether inadvertently or not

know /nō/

transitive verb (knowˈing; knew /nū or (N American) noo/; known /nōn/)
  1. To be informed or assured of
  2. To be acquainted with
  3. To be familiar with from having learned or experienced
  4. To recognize
  5. To take notice of, approve (Bible)
  6. To have sexual intercourse with (archaic)
intransitive verb

To possess knowledge, in general or of the matter in hand

noun
  1. Possession of the relevant facts
  2. Knowledge (Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: OE cnāwan; ON knā, L (g)nōscere, Gr gignōskein

knowˈable adjective

Capable of being known, discovered or understood

knowˈableness noun

knowˈer noun

knowˈing adjective

  1. Intelligent
  2. Skilful
  3. Cunning
  4. Signifying secret awareness
  5. Deliberate

knowˈingly adverb

  1. In a knowing manner
  2. Consciously
  3. Intentionally

knowˈingness noun

  1. The quality of being knowing or intelligent
  2. Shrewdness

known adjective

  1. Widely recognized
  2. Identified by the police
noun
  1. A known fact
  2. (with the) that which is known

knowˈ-all noun

Someone who thinks they know everything

knowˈ-how or knowˈhow noun

  1. The faculty of knowing the right thing to do in any contingency
  2. Specialized skill

knowˈ-nothing noun

  1. Someone who is totally ignorant
  2. A member of the (Native) American Party (1854–6), orig secret

adjective

Completely ignorant

knowˈ-nothingism noun

I don't know

I disagree

I know or I know what

I've got an idea

in the know (informal)

  1. In possession of private information
  2. Initiated

I wouldn't know

I am not in a position to know

know all the answers

To be completely informed on everything, or to think one is

know better

To be wiser, better instructed (than to do this or that)

know how many beans make five

To be sensible and aware, to have one's wits about one

knowing to (obsolete)

Aware or informed of

known as

Going by the name of

know the ropes

To understand the detail or procedure

know what's o'clock (obsolete) or know what's what

To have one's wits about one, be on the ball

know which side one's bread is buttered on

To be looking after one's own interests

there is no knowing

One cannot tell

what do you know?

  1. What is the news?
  2. A greeting or expression of incredulity

you know (informal)

Used as a conversation filler, marking a pause, sometimes for emphasis but often almost meaningless

you never know (informal)

Perhaps
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