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BNC: 1979 COCA: 1488

knee

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Related topics: Human
knee1 /niː/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]  
1  HBHthe joint that bends in the middle of your leg 膝，膝盖，膝关节
 Lucy had a bandage round her knee.
露西的膝盖上缠着绷带。
on your knees
 She was on her knees (=kneeling), weeding the garden.
她在花园里跪着除杂草。
sink/fall/drop to your knees (=move so that you are kneeling) 跪下
 Tim fell to his knees and started to pray.
蒂姆跪下来开始祷告。
 a knee injury
膝伤
2  DCthe part of your clothes that covers your knee 〔裤子的〕膝部
 His jeans had holes in both knees.
他的牛仔裤两边膝盖处都有洞。
3  on somebody’s knee HBHon the top part of your legs when you are sitting down 〔坐〕在某人膝上
 Daddy, can I sit on your knee?
爸爸，我能坐你腿上吗？
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on somebody’s knee• I used to sit on Grandpa's knee and ask him read to me.
4. knees knocking (together) FRIGHTENEDCOLDif your knees are knocking, you are feeling very afraid or very cold 〔因害怕或寒冷而〕双膝颤抖
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knees knocking (together)• Years later, Ogwen apprenticeship having been served, we began to aspire to their routes, knees knocking at our effrontery.
5  on your knees REGRET/FEEL SORRYin a way that shows you have no power but want or need something very much 跪下，乞求
 He went on his knees begging for his job back.
他跪下来乞求恢复原来的工作。
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on your knees• McAllister should be on his knees after a gruelling month at Elland Road.• Pausing outside his living room door, he switched on the hall light and crouched down on his knees.• When I saw him a week later he got down on his knees and asked me to forgive him what he done.• Painfully she wallows down on her knees and without diffidence soaps and rinses me all over.• He gave no trouble and sat with his head down and his elbows on his knees, hands loose and empty.• You know the lasting image: Hendrix on his knees, summoning fire from a flaming Stratocaster guitar.• Pearl had sat straight in her chair; her hands overturned on her knees.• But now the Captain was on his knees beside the coffin praying.
6  bring somebody/something to their knees 
a) BEAT/DEFEATto defeat a country or group of people in a war 〔在战争中〕打败某人/某国
 The bombing was supposed to bring the country to its knees.
轰炸的本来目的是让这个国家屈膝投降。
b) HARM/BE BAD FORto have such a bad effect on an organization, activity etc that it cannot continue 使〔组织、活动等〕难以继续 SYN cripple
 The recession has brought many companies to their knees.
经济衰退使许多公司难以维持。
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bring somebody/something to their knees• The recession has brought many companies to their knees.• He yelled for union solidarity to support the strike and to bring management to their knees, but to no avail.
7. put/take somebody over your knee old-fashionedPUNISH to punish a child by hitting them 打孩子〔以示惩罚〕
8. on bended knee(s) old-fashionedADMIRE in a way that shows great respect for someone 跪着〔表示对某人极大的敬意〕
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on bended knee(s)• And they vote and they vote and the politicians come on bended knees.• Oh ... I am looking for a people who will come on bended knee.• We need not crawl on bended knees.• No human being who wants to read and own a book should ever have to go on bended knee to get it.• I bet you beg for it on bended knees!• Perhaps it was all of that singing on bended knees or from seated positions.
→ learn/be taught something at your mother’s knee at mother1(4), → the bee’s knees at bee(5), → weak at the knees at weak(13)
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knee• We need not crawl on bended knees.• Billy's jeans had holes in both knees.• Desmond Fairchild, paddling through the spotlights, his trousers rolled up to his hairy knees, shouted something at her.• It feathered her skin with goosebumps, doubled her pulse-rate, melted her knees.• She could, according to Marian, balance on her hands with her knees drawn up close to her chest.• And bringing an already faltering economy to its knees, transport workers brought the country to a virtual standstill in December.• Was it because I too went down on to my knees into the dirt to find a lost one?• Carrington did not suit up because of his sore knee.• Diaz's leg had to be amputated at the knee.• Surrounded by breathing, close enough to neighbours to touch knees.• The only thing I remember from my ski lessons was "keep your knees bent."
sink/fall/drop to your knees• Carmine drops to his knees, lifts up my skirt, pulls down my underpants.• As the pilgrims passed, peasants who had gathered from the countryside sank to their knees.• When Blue Beard returns, he falls to his knees and hugs his wife.• The mestizo fell to his knees, but he still held the knife.• As Nelson paraded in front of the jury, the pants fell to his knees.• Then the red mists cleared and she sank to her knees, picking up the pieces, moaning softly.• As she sank to her knees, the Reichsmarschall felt the winkle underneath the whale begin to rise.• So that she knew when he stood up and walked round to drop to his knees beside her.
knee2 verb [transitiveT + in]  
HITto hit someone with your knee 用膝盖顶 [撞]
 I kneed him in the groin.
我用膝盖顶他的下身。
Examples from the Corpus
knee• She struggled free and kneed her attacker in the groin.• He must have felt that Fate, having knocked him down, had nipped back to knee him in the nuts.
Origin knee1
Old English cneow
knee1 nounknee2 verb
Chinese
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BNC: 1979 COCA: 1488
knee

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + KNEE | KNEE + VERB | KNEE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤left, right左膝；右膝▸➤bony, knobbly, knobby (especially NAmE) 骨節突出的膝蓋▸➤bare裸露的膝蓋▸➤bent彎曲的膝蓋▸➤drawn-up屈起的膝蓋◇I rested my chin on my drawn-up knees.我下巴抵在屈起的膝蓋上。➤arthritic, bad, bum (NAmE, informal) , dodgy, informal) , troublesome, weak有關節炎的膝蓋；有毛病的膝蓋➤sore, stiff疼痛的／僵硬的膝蓋➤injured, scraped, skinned, twisted受傷的／擦傷的／擦破皮的／扭傷的膝蓋➤artificial人工膝蓋◇An artificial knee was later inserted.後來安裝了一個人工膝蓋。VERB + KNEE➤bend, flex屈膝▸➤straighten伸直膝蓋▸➤draw up, pull, pull up, tuck, tuck up屈起膝蓋；盤膝◇I tucked my knees under my chin.我把雙膝屈起頂着下巴。◇She sat up and pulled her knees to her chest.她坐起身來，屈起雙膝頂着胸口。➤hug抱膝◇He hugged his knees to keep warm.他抱膝取暖。➤drop down on, drop on, drop to, fall on, fall to, get down on, go down on, sink to跪下◇He went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness.他雙膝下跪請求原諒。➤sit on坐在腿上◇She sat on her father's knee (= lap) while he read her a story.她坐在爸爸腿上聽他讀故事。➤blow (NAmE, informal) , blow out (NAmE, informal) , hurt, injure, sprain, twist拉傷膝關節；損傷膝蓋；扭傷膝蓋◇I injured my knee and had to have surgery.我傷了膝蓋，不得不做手術。➤graze, scrape, skin擦傷膝蓋；擦破膝蓋▸➤slap拍膝蓋◇He slapped his knee as he rocked with laughter.他拍着膝蓋笑得前仰後合。➤pat輕拍膝蓋◇He patted her knee reassuringly.他輕拍她的膝蓋讓她放心。KNEE + VERB➤buckle, give way, weaken膝蓋發軟／支撑不住／無力◇Suddenly her knees buckled and she fell to the floor.她突然雙膝發軟跌倒在地。◇Rita felt her knees weakening.麗塔覺得雙膝無力。➤knock, shake, tremble, wobble膝蓋哆嗦；膝蓋顫抖➤ache, hurt膝蓋疼痛KNEE + NOUN➤injury, problem, sprain, trouble膝傷；膝蓋的毛病；膝蓋扭傷▸➤operation, replacement, surgery膝蓋手術；膝蓋置換➤brace護膝支架◇He refuses to wear a knee brace.他拒絕戴護膝支架。➤joint, ligament膝關節；膝蓋韌帶▸➤socks及膝襪子▸➤pad護膝PREPOSITION➤above the knee在膝蓋上方▸➤across your knees橫跨雙膝◇She had a blanket draped across her knees.她把毯子搭在雙膝上。➤at sb's knee在某人膝前◇The children had learned these stories at their mother's knee.孩子們在媽媽膝前聽過這些故事。➤below the knee膝蓋以下◇His leg was missing below the knee.他一條腿的膝蓋以下部份沒有了。➤between your knees在兩膝之間◇If you hear the crash-landing warning, put your head between your knees.如果聽到摔機着陸警報，就將頭放在兩膝之間。➤in your knee膝蓋裏◇He's snapped a ligament in his knee.他弄斷了膝蓋的一條韌帶。➤on one knee單腿跪下◇I went down on one knee to plug in the vacuum cleaner.我單腿跪下插吸塵器插頭。➤on your knee在膝蓋上；跪着◇I balanced the pile of books on my knees.我將那摞書穩穩地放在膝蓋上。◇He was on his knees, searching for the missing spring.他雙腿跪在地上尋找丟失的彈簧。➤to one knee用單膝◇He dropped to one knee.他單膝着地。➤to your knees跪下◇The blow knocked him to his knees.那一擊打得他跪到了地上。PHRASES➤bring sth to its knees (figurative) 使⋯癱瘓◇The fuel shortage brought the country to its knees within weeks.燃料短缺使整個國家在幾週內陷入了癱瘓。➤on your hands and knees匍匐在地◇I was on my hands and knees, looking for my key.我趴在地上找鑰匙。➤on bended knee (figurative) 低聲下氣地◇She would ask for help, but would not beg for it on bended knee.她會尋求幫助，但絕不會卑躬屈膝地乞求。
BNC: 1979 COCA: 1488
BNC: 1979 COCA: 1488
knee
General words for limbs and appendages: ankle, appendage, arch...
Parts of clothes: arm, armhole, basque...
Other parts of the body from the outside: abdomen, back, belly...
To hit a person: hit, smack, bludgeon...

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