early 12c., cnawlece "acknowledgment of a superior, honor, worship;" for first element see know (v.). Second element obscure, perhaps from Scandinavian and cognate with the -lock "action, process," found in wedlock. Meaning "capacity for knowing, understanding; familiarity; fact of knowing" is late 14c. Sense of "an organized body of facts or teachings" is from c. 1400, as is that of "sexual intercourse." Also a verb in Middle English, knoulechen "acknowledge" (c. 1200), later "find out about; recognize," and "to have sexual intercourse with" (c. 1300).
例文
1. Father had no more than a superficial knowledge of music.
父は音楽に毛皮しか知らない。
2.He did not get a chance to deepen his knowledge of Poland.
彼はポーランドをもっと深く知る機会がなかった。
3.To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge .
この男の子にとって、彼の父はすべての知識の源です。
4.George dazzled her with his knowledge of the world.
ジョージの洞察力に感服した。
5.She was a woman with extraordinary vibrancy and extraordinary knowledge .