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knapsack

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++knap·sack /ˈnæpsæk/ noun [countable] American English  DLa bag that you carry on your shoulders 背包 SYN backpack, rucksack
Examples from the Corpus
knapsackHe had a knapsack over his shoulder.She put on her coat and hauled the new bag up on to her back like a knapsack.In the airport she practiced with her knapsack, trying to slide it on and off.He finished, washed the bowl, put his books in his knapsack and went outside to unlock his bike.After a while, to Robbie's relief, Fen threw off his knapsack, suggesting they stop and eat their sandwiches.We moved in with what we carried in our knapsacks.He enclosed a stamped addressed envelope the size of a small knapsack.He arrives for class with a tiny knapsack packed with his crayons, lunch box and a diaper.
Origin knapsack (1600-1700) Low German knappsack or Dutch knapzak food bag
knap·sack nounChineseSyllable
shoulders a bag your that carry on you Corpus


knapsack
knapsack /ˈnæpsæk/ noun [countable] American English
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Low German
 Origin: knappsack or Dutch knapzak 'food bag'
a bag that you carry on your shoulders
   SYN  backpack, rucksack


knap·sackBrE /ˈnæpsæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnæpsæk/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned or NAmE) a small rucksack 小背包