a special skill or ability that you have naturally or can learn 技能;本领 It's easy, once you've got the knack. 你一旦掌握这个技能就容易了。 - knack of/for (doing) something
He's got a real knack for making money. 他有赚钱的真本领。
Extra ExamplesHe has the knack of scoring goals just when they are most needed. 他具有在最需要的时候进球的本领。 I don't cook much these days and I think I may have lost the knack. 最近不经常做饭,我想也许都忘了该怎么做了。 Making omelettes isn't difficult, but there's a knack to it. 做煎蛋饼不难,但有窍门。 a woman with a knack for handling horses 深谙驯马之道的女子 He had a knack for picking winners. 他有预测胜利者的本领。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- real
- amazing
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- knack of doing something
a habit of doing something 习惯;癖好 She has the unfortunate knack of always saying the wrong thing. 不幸的是,她总是说错话。 He had the unhappy knack of making enemies in the party. 他总是在党内树敌,弄得很不愉快。
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Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting a clever or deceitful trick): probably related to obsolete knack ‘sharp blow or sound’, of imitative origin (compare with Dutch knak ‘crack, snap’).