nock

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
    — Meanwhile there had been bustle and preparation in all parts of the great vessel. The archers stood in groups about the decks, new-stringing their bows, and testing that they were firm at the nocks.
  2. Misspelling of knock. alt-of,misspelling
  3. The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
    — He took his arrow by the nock.
  4. The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
动词 v.
  1. To fit (an arrow) against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. transitive
    — Then taking up his own good stout bow and nocking an arrow with care, he shot with his very greatest skill.
  2. Misspelling of knock. alt-of,misspelling
    — I put my hair up, and was just finished, when mother nocked. It was terrable^([sic]).
  3. To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow). transitive
    — It is a Scotch bow, I see, for the upper nock is without and the lower within. By the black rood! it is a good piece of yew, well nocked, well strung, well waxed, and very joyful to the feel.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Fit the arrow to your bowstring.

词形变化

nocks plural nocks present,singular,third-person nocking participle,present nocked participle,past nocked past nock! canonical

词汇关系

衍生词
nockless

词源

From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).
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