knap
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
The verb is derived from Late Middle English knappen (“to strike (something)”); further etymology uncertain, probably related to Middle Dutch knappen, cnappen (“to break (something) with a sharp sound, snap; to crack or crackle”) (modern Dutch knappen), probably ultimately onomatopoeic.
The noun is derived from Late Middle English knap, knappe (“sharp blow, strike”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from the verb (see above), or related to an ancestor of Danish knep and Swedish knäpp (“a flick, rap, snap”), probably ultimately onomatopoeic.
释义（英文）
词族
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English knap, knappe (“small projection, knob (button, tassel, tuft, etc.); hill; hilltop; etc.”), from Old English cnæp, cnæpp (“summit, top”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Old Norse knappr (“small projection, knob (button, head of a stick, etc.)”) (whence English knop
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 *kneppen
- 源自 ←古诺尔斯语 kneppa “to pinch, press, squeeze; to button, clasp; to hug”
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *knappijaną “to clamp; to squeeze”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *gnebʰ- “to constrict, tighten; to press”
原始词根
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词源说明
See nap (etymology 5).
释义（英文）
- Obsolete spelling of nap (“to arrest (someone); to grab or nab (someone or something); to steal (something); (obsolete) to receive (severe punishment), especially during a boxing match or a flogging; (generally) to receive (something)”).