ken

英 [ken] 美[k?n]

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第三人稱單數:?kens;過去式:?kenned;? kent;過去分詞:?kenned;? kent;現在分詞:?kenning;

ken 視野，知識范圍

來自古英語cennan,使知道，詞源同can,know.引申詞義視野，知識范圍。

ken: ken: [OE] Once a widespread verb throughout English, ken is now restricted largely to Scotland, having taken over the semantic territory elsewhere monopolized by know. In Old English it actually meant not ‘know’ but ‘make known’; it was the causative version of cunnan ‘know’ (ancestor of modern English can). Its relatives in other Germanic languages made the change from ‘make known’ to ‘know’ early – hence German kennen ‘know’, for example In the case of English ken, the impetus is thought to have come from Old Norse kenna ‘know’. The derived noun ken, as in ‘beyond one’s ken’, dates from the 16th century.
=> can
ken (v.): "to know," Scottish dialect, from Old English cennan "make known, declare, acknowledge" (in late Old English also "to know"), originally "make to know," causative of cunnan "to become acquainted with, to know" (see can (v.)). Cognate with German kennen, Danish kjende, Swedish k?nna. Related: Kenned; kenning.
ken (n.2): "house where thieves meet," 1560s, vagabonds' slang, probably a shortening of kennel.
ken (n.1): "range of sight," 1580s, a nautical abbreviation of kenning.

1. "I know, I know," said Ken, grumpily, without looking up.: “我知道，我知道，”肯氣呼呼地說，連頭都沒有抬。

5. Ken's wife, Vicki, said: "He's a broken man.": 肯的妻子薇姬說：“他被毀了?！?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句