knight

US: /ˈnaɪt/
UK: /nˈa‍ɪt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


knight /nait/
  • danh từ
    • hiệp sĩ (thời trung cổ ở Châu âu)
    • người được phong tước hầu (ở Anh)
    • (sử học), (Anh) đại biểu (của một) hạt (ở nghị viện) ((cũng) knight of the shire)
    • kỵ sĩ (trong quân đội cổ La mã)
    • (đánh cờ) quân cờ "ddầu ngựa"
    • knight bachelor
      • hiệp sĩ thường (chưa được phong tước)
    • knight commander
      • hiệp sĩ đã được phong tước
    • knight of the brush
      • (đùa cợt) hoạ sĩ
    • knight of the cleaver
      • (đùa cợt) người bán thịt
    • knight of the fortune
      • kẻ phiêu lưu, kẻ mạo hiểm
    • knight of industry
      • tay đại bợm
    • knight of the knife
      • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ), (đùa cợt) kẻ cắp
    • knight of the needle (shears, thimble)
      • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ), (đùa cợt) thợ may
    • knight of the pencil (pen, quill)
      • (đùa cợt) nhà văn; nhà báo
    • knight of the pestle
      • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) nhà bào chế, dược sĩ
    • knight of the post
      • người sống bằng nghề làm nhân chứng láo
    • knight of the road
      • người đi chào hàng
    • kẻ cướp đường
    • knight of the whip
      • (đùa cợt) người đánh xe ngựa
  • ngoại động từ
    • phong tước hầu (ở Anh)

Advanced English dictionary


noun, verb
+ noun
1 (in the Middle Ages) a man of high social rank who had a duty to fight for his king. Knights are often shown in pictures riding horses and wearing ARMOUR.
2 (in Britain) a man who has been given a special honour by the king or queen and has the title Sir before his name
Compare: BARONET
3 a piece used in the game of CHESS that is shaped like a horse's head
See also - WHITE KNIGHT
Idioms: a knight in shining armour (usually humorous) a man who saves sb, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation
+ verb [VN] [usually passive] to give sb the rank and title of a knight: He was knighted by the Queen for his services to industry.

Collocation dictionary


1 in the Middle Ages

ADJ.

medieval | chivalrous, noble | armoured | mounted

PHRASES

a knight errant
tales of medieval knights errant, wandering in search of chivalrous adventures
| a knight in armour, a knight in shining armour
(figurative, humorous) She's still waiting for a knight in shining armour to come and rescue her.

2 man given an honour by the king/queen

ARISTOCRATIC:

titles first, second, etc. ~ the 17th Earl of Lauderdale

be created/made, become ~ She was made a baroness in 1992.

succeed (sb) as ~ He was succeeded as third Baron Northwick by his nephew.

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Concise English dictionary


knights|knighted|knightingnaɪt
noun
+originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
+a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
verb
+raise (someone) to knighthood