knack /ˈnæk/
熟練技術,巧妙的手法,訣竅
Knack v. i.
1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.]
Knack, n.
1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak.
2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used with for; as, a knack for playing the guitar.
The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. --B. Jonson.
The dean was famous in his time,
And had a kind of knack at rhyme. --Swift.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. “The knacks of japers.”
For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope.
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knack
n : a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it";
"he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he
couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, hang]