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词汇 knee
释义 knee
noun[ C ]
uk /niː/ us /niː/
B1
the middle joint of the leg that allows the leg to bend: 膝,膝盖
on your hands and kneesThe baby was crawling around on her hands and knees.
on your kneesHe got/went down on his knees (= got into a position where his knees were on the ground) in front of the altar.他在圣坛前跪下。
on someone's kneeShe took the child and sat it on her knee (= on the part of the leg above the knee when sitting down).她抱起孩子放在自己的膝盖上。
 
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the part of a piece of clothing that covers the knee: (裤子的)膝部
She was wearing an old pair of trousers with rips at the knees.她穿着条旧裤子,膝盖处破了。
 
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He fell down and grazed his knee.他摔倒时擦伤了膝盖。
He bounced the baby on his knee.
Make sure you bend your knees when you're picking up heavy objects.提重物时一定要屈膝。
She sat back in her chair and wrapped her arms around her knees.
Football socks go up to the knee, don't they?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The leg
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appendage
appendicular
astragalus
bipedal
crural
cruris
hamstring
haunch
patellar
pectineus
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peroneus
pes anserinus
soleal
soleus
subsartorial
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surae
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Parts of clothes

Idioms


bring someone/something to their knees
take a knee
knee
verb[ T ]
uk /niː/ us /niː/
to hit someone with your knee: 用膝盖撞击
knee someone in somethingShe kneed him in the groin.她用膝盖猛撞了他的下身。
He was given a two-minute minor penalty for kneeing his opponent.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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at-risk
bang away
bang someone up
basher
bashing
bunch
butt
duke
fetch
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hell
mess
swing at someone
swing for someone
tan someone's hideidiom
tar
tonk
wallop

knee | American Dictionary


knee
noun[ C ]
us/ni/
the middle joint of the leg:
I stood in the water up to my knees.
He got down on his hands and knees to look for his contact lens.

Examples of knee


knee
The children sat as close to the flames as possible with their knees slightly touching.
They started travelling after five rainless days, so that the river water never reached above their knees.
The knees, hips and ankles are considered as uniaxial frictionless joints.
They could bring a troublesome boss to his knees by threatening to withdraw their labor.
On examination there was no redness or swelling of any other joints and no temperature difference between the 2 knees.
On examination the knees are painful, swollen (due to synovial thickening) and warm to the touch.
As a consequence, we choose to study a planar biped with only four actuators: two on the haunch and two on the knees.
Such a planar system comprises six joints: two ankles, two knees and two coaxial hip joints.
Synovial effusion was evident in the wrists, elbows and knees.
Often the disease begins in the proximal finger joints and wrists and later spreads to the elbows, shoulders, knees, ankles and feet.
Draw the 'lazy 8' with the arm keeping the hips and knees relaxed.
From the cool darkness, he lifted me upward gracefully in one swoop into his arms and placed me on his knees.
The shroud is usually knotted at the head and feet, and sufficiently open to expose the breast and knees of the deceased.
Pressure can be taken off the spine by using a firm mattress and placing a pillow under the knees.
Such a planar system is provided with six joints: two ankles, two knees and two coaxial joints at the hip.
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Collocations withknee


knee

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bended knee
You promised, on bendedknee, that her son was safe to return from exile.
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injured knee
If he is going to be incapacitated by his injuredknee, he is unlikely to rise very high, but at least he would have the status of a police officer.
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knee extension
This extension moment acts to slow the thigh and allow a transfer of momentum to the shank, to encourage knee extension.
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