knave

英 [neɪv]

美 [neɪv]

n. 不诚实的男人(或男孩); 无赖; 恶棍

复数：knaves　

BNC.23768 / COCA.29367

牛津词典

noun

不诚实的人；无赖；恶棍
If someone calls a man aknave, they mean that he is dishonest and should not be trusted.
（纸牌游戏中jack的另一种说法）
In card games,knaveis another word forjack.

in AM, use 美国英语用 jack

noun

one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
Synonym:jack
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Synonym:roguerascalrapscallionscalawagscallywagvarlet

Choose some other occupation, rather than one in the choosing of which you do, in advance consent to be a knave.
你还是选择别的职业为好，千万不要选择一个你事先就认为要当骗子的行业。
There's no name on it, but I think the Knave wrote it.
上面没有名字，我想是红桃杰克写的。
Played the hero and the knave;
扮演着英雄，也扮演着流氓；
All of the following are Class features of the Knave.
以下所有的都是流民的角色特征。
Back in his home town of Vitebsk by1914, Chagall joined the Knave of Diamond group.
1914年他回到家乡维捷布斯克，参加了方块杰克小组。
A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的人不需要请教他人。
Reports are often false, and always false when made by a knave to cloak his knavery.& Abraham Lincoln
报告常常是虚假的，而由一个恶棍为掩饰自己的恶行而作的报告，则永远是虚假的。&林肯
The Queen turned angrily away from him, and said to the Knave` Turn them over! '
王后生气地从国王身边转身走开了，并对武士说：把他们翻过来。
We both of us happen'd to know, as well as the stationer, that Riddlesden, the attorney, was a very knave.
我们两人，像那个文具商人一样，碰巧知道这个律师李德斯田是一个彻头彻尾的无赖。
If he was a knave, he was caught.
如果他真是小偷，那他现在已经是被逮住了。