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know

/noʊ/

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variant 1: knows
variant 2: knowing
variant 3: known
variant 4: knew

1 · verb

know how to do or perform something

知道；知

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Do you know how to drive this thing?

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你知道怎么驾驶这玩意儿吗？

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Pronunciation: /noʊ/

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