ken

ken
noun
  1. [in sing.]one's range of knowledge or sight
    知识面;眼界
    such determination is beyond my ken.
    我无法理解这样的决定。
(kenning; past and past participle kenned kent)
  1. [with obj.](Scottish & N. English)know
    (苏格兰,北英格兰)知道;认识
    ds'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?.
    你知道有谁能够这样自吹吗?。
    ■recognize; identify
    认出;识别
    that's him—d'ye ken him?.
    那就是 他——你认出他了吗?。
语源
  1. Old English cennan 'tell, make known', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German kennen 'know, be acquainted with', from an Indo-European root shared by can and know. Current senses of the verb date from Middle English; the noun from the mid 16th cent
英语宝典
考试词汇表