knick-knack
英 [ˈnɪk.næk]
美 [ˈnɪk.næk]
- n. 小装饰品；小摆设
中文词源
knick-knack 小装饰品
来自knack的同韵构词，引申词义小装饰品。
英语词源
- knick-knack (n.)
- also knickknack, 1570s, reduplication of knack "stratagem, trick."
权威例句
- 1. Her flat is spilling over with knick-knacks.
- 她的公寓里摆满了小摆设。
- 2. From the chiffonier had gone the knick - knacks of silver and plate.
- 五斗橱上,不见了那些银制的和金属品做的小玩意儿.
- 3. Whence came the rich, elegant dresses, the astonishingly coloured buttons, the knick - knacks of silver and gold?
- 这些富丽的高雅的服装 、 五光十色的钮扣和金银小饰物,它们是从哪里来的?
- 4. A lot of times I like hearing his stories from the Knick days.
- 很多次我听到他在纽约时的故事.
- 5. He searched fanatically for the papers, knocking down the knick - knacks on the desk.
- 他疯狂地翻找着文件, 把书桌上的小摆设碰落了一地.