knack
noun /næk/
/næk/
[singular] (informal)- a special skill or ability that you have naturally or can learn
技能；本领 - It's easy, once you've got the knack.
你一旦掌握这个技能就容易了。 - knack of/for (doing) something He's got a real knack for making money.
他有赚钱的真本领。
- He has the knack of scoring goals just when they are most needed.
他具有在最需要的时候进球的本领。 - I don't cook much these days and I think I may have lost the knack.
最近不经常做饭，我想也许都忘了该怎么做了。 - Making omelettes isn't difficult, but there's a knack to it.
做煎蛋饼不难，但有窍门。 - a woman with a knack for handling horses
深谙驯马之道的女子 - He had a knack for picking winners.
他有预测胜利者的本领。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- real
- amazing
- incredible
- …
- have
- demonstrate
- display
- …
- knack for
- knack of
- knack to
- …
- It's easy, once you've got the knack.
- knack of doing something a habit of doing something
习惯；癖好 - She has the unfortunate knack of always saying the wrong thing.
不幸的是，她总是说错话。 - He had the unhappy knack of making enemies in the party.
他总是在党内树敌，弄得很不愉快。
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- She has the unfortunate knack of always saying the wrong thing.
词源late Middle English (originally denoting a clever or deceitful trick): probably related to obsolete knack ‘sharp blow or sound’, of imitative origin (compare with Dutch knak ‘crack, snap’).