knee
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT Your knee is the place where your leg bends. 膝
He will receive physical therapy on his damaged left knee. 他受損的左膝將接受理療。
2. N-COUNT If something or someone is on your knee or on your knees, they are resting or sitting on the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down. (坐著時(shí)) 大腿上部
He sat with the package on his knees. 他坐著，包放在大腿上。
3. N-PLURAL If you are on your knees, your legs are bent and your knees are on the ground. 膝部
She fell to the ground on her knees and prayed. 她跪在地上祈禱。
4. V-T If you knee someone, you hit them using your knee. 用膝蓋撞擊
Ian kneed him in the groin. 伊恩用膝蓋撞擊他的腹股溝。
5. PHRASE If a country or organization is brought to its knees, it is almost completely destroyed by someone or something. 徹底擊敗; 使屈服
The country was being brought to its knees by the loss of 2.4 million manufacturing jobs. 該國(guó)由于失去240萬(wàn)制造業(yè)工作機(jī)會(huì)，瀕臨崩潰。
6. on bended knee→see bended
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knee /ni?/ (kneeing,kneed,knees)
劍橋詞典
- the middle joint of the leg that allows the leg to bend
- He fell down and grazed his knee.
- He bounced the baby on his knee.
- Make sure you bend your knees when you're picking up heavy objects .
- She sat back in her chair and wrapped her arms around her knees.
- Football socks go up to the knee, don't they?
膝，膝蓋
The baby was crawling around on its hands and knees. 寶寶用手和膝蓋著地爬來爬去。
He got/went down on his knees (= got into a position where his knees were on the ground ) in front of the altar . 他在圣壇前跪下。
She 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蓋上。
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the knee
（褲子的）膝部
She was wearing an old pair of trousers with rips at the knees. 她穿著條舊褲子，膝蓋處破了。
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