knack
意味
- (…の)こつ,腕前,手際《+for(of, in)+名(doing)》
例文
I am not an artist. I never had the knack for it.
私は芸術家ではない。全然向いていない。
I still can't get the knack of English pronunciation.
英語の発音の呼吸がなかなか飲み込めない。
She hasn't got the knack of cooking yet.
彼女はまだ料理のコツを覚えていない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Late Middle English, use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak, knack (“a sharp sound or blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German and of imitative origin, similar to Dutch knak (“snap, crack”). Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.