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knick-knack

/nik-nak/US // ˈnɪkˌnæk //UK // (ˈnɪkˌnæk) //

小玩意,小玩意儿,小饰品,小玩意儿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.

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Examples

  • Brinsley was trying to produce tracks—hip-hop, mostly—and he apparently had a knack as a techie.

  • In the film, Foxx is able to showcase his singing, knack for comedy and all-around versatility.

  • Puck artists, like their predecessors, combined picture-making skills with a caricatural precision and a knack for lethal symbols.

  • Nigel Lythgoe has a knack for resuscitating pop culture tenets that seem on their death bed.

  • What did you learn about your creative process on The Knick?

  • There is quite a little knack in letting the hand fall so, but when you have once got it, the chord sounds much richer and fuller.

  • It had windows opening down to the lawn, and was full of pretty things, works and knick-knacks.

  • Hope-Jones' enthusiasm knew no bounds and he had the knack of imparting it to those who worked under him.

  • They possessed the knack of composition and were what Bobby Hargrew called fluid writers.

  • After several failures, the boys acquired the knack of making up and binding a pack.