ropes

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹəʊps/    美 /ɹoʊps/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. plural of rope form-of,plural
  2. Basic skills of a job. in-plural
    — show the ropes, learn the ropes
动词 v.
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rope form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person

词汇关系

衍生词
know the ropes show the ropes

词源

词源 1
In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes.
The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.
词源 2
In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes.
The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.
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