knee

knee
noun
  1. the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans
    （人的）膝关节，膝盖
    ■the corresponding or analogous joint in other animals
    （动物的）膝关节
    ■the upper surface of someone's thigh when they are sitting; a person's lap
    （人坐下时的）大腿面
    they were eating their suppers on their knees.
    他们正坐着以大腿面作餐桌吃晚饭。
    ■the part of a garment covering the knee
    （衣物的）膝部，下摆
    ■an angled piece of wood or metal frame used to connect and support the beams and timbers of a wooden ship
    （木船上的）肘板，肘材
    ■an abrupt obtuse or approximately right-angled bend in a graph between parts where the slope varies smoothly
    曲线弯曲处
(knees, kneed, kneeing)
  1. [with obj.]hit (someone) with one's knee
    用膝盖撞击
    she kneed him in the groin.
    她用膝盖撞击他的裆部。
常用词组
at one's mother's (或 father's) knee
  1. at an early age
    儿时
bend (或 bow) the (或 one's) knee (to)
  1. kneel in submission; submit
    下跪，屈服
bring someone/thing to their/its knees
  1. reduce someone or something to a state of weakness or submission
    迫使某人（或物）屈从
fall (或 drop，或 sink，等) to one's knees
  1. assume a kneeling position
    下跪，跪下
on bended knee(s)
  1. kneeling, especially in entreaty or worship
    （尤指乞求或崇拜时）跪着
    did your guy propose on bended knee?.
    你男朋友是不是跪着求婚的？。
on one's knees
  1. in a kneeling position
    跪着
    ■(figurative)on the verge of collapse
    (喻)濒临崩溃
    when they took over, the newspaper was on its knees.
    他们接手的时候，报纸已经行将崩溃。
weak at the knees
  1. overcome by a strong feeling, typically desire
    被（强烈感情，尤指欲望）屈服
语源
  1. Old English cnēow, cnēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch knie and German Knie, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin genu and Greek gonu
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