known
 (a.)已知的,有名的(vbl.)know的過去分詞


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 Know v. t. [imp. Knew p. p. Known p. pr. & vb. n. Knowing.]
 1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
 O, that a man might know
 The end of this day's business ere it come!   --Shak.
    There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it.   --Dryden.
 Know how sublime a thing it is
 To suffer and be strong.   --Longfellow.
 2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
 3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
    He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.   --2 Cor. v. 21.
    Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.   --Milton.
 4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
    Ye shall know them by their fruits.   --Matt. vil. 16.
    And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.   --Luke xxiv. 31.
 To know
 Faithful friend from flattering foe.   --Shak.
    At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.   --Flatman.
 5. To have sexual intercourse with.
    And Adam knew Eve his wife.   --Gen. iv. 1.
 Note: ☞ Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.
    And I knew that thou hearest me always.   --John xi. 42.
    The monk he instantly knew to be the prior.   --Sir W. Scott.
    In other hands I have known money do good.   --Dickens.
 To know how, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. “ If we fear to die, or know not to be patient.”


 Known p. p. of Know.

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 know
      v 1: be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of
           information; possess knowledge or information about; "I
           know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to
           know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" [syn:
            cognize, cognise] [ant: ignore]
      2: know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to
         knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
      3: be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith
         in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know
         that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the
         earth moves around the sun"
      4: be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She
         doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We
         know this movie"; "I know him under a different name";
         "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
      5: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or
         sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known
         hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug
         addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare";
         "I lived through two divorces" [syn: experience, live]
      6: accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power
         and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the
         true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
         [syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise]
      7: have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows
         her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to
         recite it?"
      8: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
         everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
         intimate with this man?" [syn: roll in the hay, love,
         make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, {have
         sex, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, {have it
         away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump,
          lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on,
          bonk]
      9: know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big
         show-off"
      10: be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The
          child knows right from wrong"
      11: perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
      [also: known, knew]


 known
      adj : apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits
            of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the
            world"; "a known criminal" [ant: unknown]


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