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- (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armour（中世纪的）披甲戴盔的骑马武士。
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- (in the Middle Ages) a man raised by a sovereign to honourable military rank after service as a page and squire（中世纪君主册封的）骑士。
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- （亦作knight of the shire）historical a gentleman representing a shire or county in Parliament〈史〉代表郡或县的议会议员。
- ORIGIN: originally parliamentary members chosen from those holding the rank of knight.
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- poetic/literary a man devoted to the service of a woman or a cause〈诗/文〉护花使者, 为女人效劳的男人; （事业的）投身者：
in all your quarrels I will be your knight.
在你们所有的争吵中, 我将为你效劳。
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- dated (in ancient Rome) a member of the class of equites〈旧〉（古罗马）骑士阶层。
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- (in ancient Greece) a citizen of the second class in Athens, called hippeus in Greek（古希腊）骑士, 雅典的第二等公民。
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- (in the UK) a man awarded a non-hereditary title by the sovereign in recognition of merit or service and entitled to use the honorific 'Sir' in front of his name（英国）爵士（由国王或女王册封给有杰出功勋或贡献的男性的称号, 其称号为Sir, 加在名或姓名前）。
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- a chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a horse's head, that moves by jumping to the opposite corner of a rectangle two squares by three. Each player starts the game with two knights.（国际象棋中的）马。
短语
knight in shining armour（或knight on a white charger）
- an idealized or chivalrous man who comes to the rescue of a woman in a difficult situation（理想化的）救美英雄。
knight of the road
- informal a man who frequents the roads, for example a travelling sales representative, tramp, or (formerly) a highwayman〈非正式〉马路骑士（指经常走在路上的巡回推销员或流浪汉等）; （旧时的）拦路抢劫犯。
派生词
knightliness
nounknightly
adjective & adverb （poetic/literary 〈诗/文〉）词源
Old English cniht 'boy, youth, servant', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knecht and German Knecht. Sense 2 dates from the mid 16th cent.; the uses relating to Greek and Roman history derive from comparison with medieval knights.