knowing
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++know·ing /ˈnəʊɪŋ $ ˈnoʊ-/ adjective [only before noun] KNOW somethingshowing that you know all about something, even if it has not been discussed directly 会意的，心照不宣的 He gave us a knowing look. 他朝我们会意地看了一眼。 She exchanged a knowing smile with her mother. 她与母亲相互会心地一笑。Examples from the Corpus
knowing• Her questions and knowing looks unnerved him, almost as if she had figured him out.• I saw him give her a knowing smile as she left the room.• "I heard what you were saying, " Maya said with a knowing smile.knowing smile• Glancing surreptitiously around, she glimpsed knowing smiles and heads drawn close as people whispered.• Gloriously romantic yet giddily hilarious, this movie gives you a ruefully knowing smile as it sides with the wise heart.• When Gwen gave a rather knowing smile, she blushed scarlet.• You would have been forgiven for a knowing smile then, but now acid rain is no laughing matter.• Nate Cocello allowed a knowing smile to cross his face at what he knew would be the natural reactions of line managers.• Harry, for his part, exchanged a knowing smile with Papaioannou, then went on in the direction of the village.know·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
showing something, it Corpus you has about if know even that all
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knowing
know‧ing /ˈnəʊɪŋ $ ˈnoʊ-/
adjective [only before noun]
He gave us a knowing look.
She exchanged a knowing smile with her mother.
know‧ing /ˈnəʊɪŋ $ ˈnoʊ-/
adjective [only before noun] Word Family: adjective: knowing, knowledgeable, known ≠ unknown; noun: knowledge, the unknown; adverb: knowingly ≠ unknowingly, knowledgeably; verb: know
showing that you know all about something, even if it has not been discussed directly: