英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 封…為騎士[爵士]



2. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. (中世紀的)騎士

   the Knight of the Rueful Countenance

   愁顏騎士(指 Don Quixote).

3. 2. (貴婦人的)侍從

4. 3. [英] 爵士 品位低於準男爵且稱號不可世襲,除最低級爵士外均屬爵士團成員,爵士團中包括最高的嘉德勳位(Garter)等多種級別

5. 4. [英史] 郡選議員

6. 5. (古羅馬的)騎士 奴隸主集團中一個階層的成員

7. 6. (古希臘雅典的)第二等級公民

8. 7. 以「…騎士」(Knights of...)命名的慈善團體等成員

9. 8. (事業、主義等的)忠實擁護者,勇士

10. 9. 從事某種專業的人,專家

    a knight of the air [blade, brush, cue, needle [thimble], pen [quill], pestle, whip] [joc.]

    飛行員[劍客,畫家,撞球手,裁縫,文人,藥劑師,馬車夫].

11. 10. [西洋棋] 馬

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. (originally) a person who served his lord as a mounted and heavily armed soldier

2. (later) a gentleman invested by a king or other lord with the military and social standing of this rank

3. (in modern times) a person invested by a sovereign with a nonhereditary rank and dignity usually in recognition of personal services, achievements, etc A British knight bears the title Sir placed before his name, as in Sir Winston Churchill

4. a chess piece, usually shaped like a horse's head, that moves either two squares horizontally and one square vertically or one square horizontally and two squares vertically

5. a heroic champion of a lady or of a cause or principle

6. a member of the Roman class of the equites

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to make (a person) a knight; dub

2. [Etymology] Old English cniht servant; related to Old High German kneht boy