knee

英 [niː]

美 [niː]

n. 膝; 膝盖; 膝关节; (裤子的)膝部; (坐下时)大腿朝上的面
v. 用膝盖顶(或撞)

复数：knees　现在分词：kneeing　

中考高考 CET4 CET6 考研 TEM4

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1979 / COCA.1488

习惯用语

bring sb to their knees

（尤指战争中）打败某人，使某人屈膝投降
to defeat sb, especially in a war

bring sth to its knees

摧毁某物；使（组织等）瘫痪（或崩溃）
to badly affect an organization, etc. so that it can no longer function
The strikes brought the industry to its knees.
罢工使得这个行业陷入瘫痪。

put sb over your knee

把某人放在膝上打屁股
to punish sb by making them lie on top of your knee and hitting their bottom

the bee's knees

出类拔萃的人（或物）
an excellent person or thing
She thinks she's the bee's knees (= she has a very high opinion of herself) .
她自以为很了不起。

on bended knee(s)

下跪（请求…）；央求；苦苦哀求
if you ask for sth on bended knee(s) , you ask for it in a very anxious and/or humble way

at your mother's knee

小时候；孩提时
when you were very young
I learnt these songs at my mother's knee.
我小时候学过这些歌曲。

weak at the knees

（因激动、恐惧、疾病等）两腿发软
hardly able to stand because of emotion, fear, illness, etc.
His sudden smile made her go weak at the knees.
他突然笑了笑，使得她两膝发软。

牛津词典

noun

膝；膝盖；膝关节
the joint between the top and bottom parts of the leg where it bends in the middle
1. a knee injury
  膝关节受伤
2. I grazed my knee when I fell.
  我摔了一跤，把膝盖擦破了。
3. He went down on one knee and asked her to marry him.
  他单膝跪下向她求婚。
4. She was on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor.
  她趴在厨房里跪着刷洗地板呢。
（裤子的）膝部
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the knee
1. These jeans are torn at the knee.
  这牛仔裤膝盖那儿破了。
2. a knee patch
  膝部的补丁
（坐下时）大腿朝上的面
the top surface of the upper part of the legs when you are sitting down
1. Come and sit on Daddy's knee.
  来坐在爸爸腿上。

verb

用膝盖顶（或撞）
to hit or push sb/sth with your knee
1. He kneed his attacker in the groin.
  他用膝盖猛撞攻击者的下身。

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 膝；膝盖；膝关节
Yourkneeis the place where your leg bends.
1. He will receive physiotherapy on his damaged left knee.
  因左膝受伤，他将接受物理治疗。
2. ...a knee injury.
  膝关节受伤
N-COUNT （坐下时）大腿朝上的面
If something or someone isonyourkneeoronyourknees, they are resting or sitting on the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down.
1. He sat with the package on his knees...
  他坐着，将包裹放在腿上。
2. I sat in the back of the taxi with my son on my knee.
  我坐在出租车后排座上，儿子坐在我腿上。
N-COUNT （裤子的）膝部
Thekneeon a piece of clothing is the part that covers your knee.
1. ...jeans with holes at both knees.
  两个膝部都有洞的牛仔裤
N-PLURAL 膝部
If you areonyourknees, your legs are bent and your knees are on the ground.
1. She fell to the ground on her knees and prayed...
  她跪下祈祷。
2. She was on her knees in the kitchen.
  她在厨房跪着。
VERB 用膝盖顶
If youkneesomeone, you hit them using your knee.
1. Ian kneed him in the groin.
  伊恩用膝盖顶他的下身。
PHRASE 摧毁；使瘫痪
If a country or organizationis brought to its knees, it is almost completely destroyed by someone or something.
1. The country was being brought to its knees by the loss of 2.4 million manufacturing jobs...
  该国因制造业丧失了240万个就业机会而遭到严重打击。
2. Our aim is to bring this government to its knees, to force it to the negotiating table.
  我们的目标是使该政府屈服，迫使它走上谈判桌。

英英释义

noun

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped
Synonym:stifle
the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
Synonym:knee jointhuman kneearticulatio genusgenu

双语例句

Our aim is to bring this government to its knees, to force it to the negotiating table.
我们的目标是使该政府屈服，迫使它走上谈判桌。
I can't ever recall Dad hugging me. Neither did I sit on his knee.
我不记得爸爸曾经抱过我，我也没在他膝盖上坐过。
His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.
因为膝盖接二连三地受伤，他的职业生涯提前结束了。
That boy scraped his knee when he slipped and fell.
那个男孩摔倒时把膝盖蹭破了。
She had an operation on her knee at the clinic
她在诊所做了个膝盖手术。
I had only bruised my knee
我只是把膝盖给碰伤了。
She was on her knees in the kitchen.
她在厨房跪着。
I sat in the back of the taxi with my son on my knee.
我坐在出租车后排座上，儿子坐在我腿上。
He is recovering from a knee injury
他的膝伤正在康复。
Rupert Moon is out of today's session with a twisted knee.
鲁珀特·穆恩扭伤了膝盖，无法参加今天的训练。