knight
US: /ˈnaɪt/
UK: /nˈaɪt/
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 -
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
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.
ARISTOCRATIC:
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
