knave
A tricky, deceitful fellowA tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
» Honest men and knaves may possibly wear the same cloth.
Значение
значений: 4(устаревшее)A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
Gauner, Schurke, Bösewicht
подле́цpodléc, плутplut, жу́ликžúlik
ви́лупокvýlupok, негі́дникnehídnyk, падлю́каpadljúka
A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or a soldier.
Bube
вале́тvalét
вале́тvalét
(архаичное)A boy; especially, a boy servant.
Knabe, Knappe, Junge
ма́льчик-слуга́málʹčik-slugá, прислу́жникprislúžnik
(архаичное)Any male servant; a menial.
Knecht
прислу́жникprislúžnik, лаке́йlakéj
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Примеры
предложений: 4Honest men and knaves may possibly wear the same cloth.
You've thwarted my plans for the last time, you miserable knave!
We are arrant knaves, all. Believe none of us.
The Sheriff of Nottingham swore that he himself would bring this knave Robin Hood to justice.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 2
По значениям 4
По значениям 4
Происхождение
From Middle English knave, knafe, from Old English cnafa (“child, boy, youth; servant”), fFrom Middle English knave, knafe, from Old English cnafa (“child, boy, youth; servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *knabō. Cognate to Dutch knaap and German Knabe.
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