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Definition of knee-high in English: knee-highadverb & adjective ˌniːˈhʌi So high as to reach the knees. 齐膝高的 as adjective knee-high boots as adverb they were wading knee-high in the water 他们正蹚着齐膝高的水。 Example sentencesExamples - She was dressed in a leather jacket, a mini skirt, and knee-high boots.
- Pismo clams are found in knee-high water at low tide, burrowed about 6 inches below the sand.
- She wore a very short, black leather skirt and a pair of knee-high black leather boots.
- Her favourite part of the uniform though had to be her black, knee-high lace-up boots.
- Melissa wore a grey sleeveless top with a leather collar, knee-high brown boots and a black pleated skirt.
- Within 45 minutes some of the campers were wading through water that was knee-high as they struggled to leave the site, adjacent to the Greta and Derwent rivers.
- As Millar trudged through the knee-high snow, he watched comrades - exhausted and disoriented - tumble into drifts.
- She was wearing a short black skirt, knee-high black boots, and a pink halter top.
- His trousers were already wet to the thigh and he was wearing knee-high rubber boots.
Synonyms minute, small-scale, scaled-down, mini, baby, toy, pocket, fun-size, petite, dwarfish, knee-high, miniature, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, infinitesimal, micro, diminutive, pocket-sized, reduced, lilliputian
nounˌniːˈhʌiˈˌni ˈˌhaɪ usually knee-highsA nylon stocking with an elasticated top that reaches to a person's knee. 齐膝尼龙丝袜 Example sentencesExamples - Maura quickly smoothed down her gray pleated skirt and pulled up her school knee-highs.
- The only knee-highs I had ever worn were fishnets, and they weren't exactly school material.
- But I still was hot so I took off my shoes and my knee-highs.
- Socks were stuffed in the shoes, and upon pulling them out I discovered they were knee-highs.
- Dressing in my normal school uniform of a pleated skirt, white blouse, and black knee-highs, I joined Seth downstairs.
Phrasesknee-high to a grasshopper informal Very small or very young. 〈非正式〉矮小的，幼小的 Example sentencesExamples - She has been helping out and diving from her dad's boat since she was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- Using my keen journalistic observation skills, I note that she would have been only knee-high to a grasshopper during her favourite decade.
- This is one of my favourite arias from one of my favourite oratorios, and a piece I have known since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- I haven't been on a bouncy castle since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- I have played since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- I adored this show when I was but knee-high to a grasshopper, and now it returns, and I'm happy to say that it's just as exciting, just as action-packed, and just as enjoyable as I remembered.
- Since I was knee-high to a grasshopper I have frequented this beautiful old house and farm, romped in its hay-barns, swum in its streams, and played hide and seek in the rambling old farmhouse.
- ‘They're a band I've loved since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, although I'm not much taller than that now,’ says Braithwaite.
Synonyms tiny, small, little, petite, minute, miniature, mini, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, small-scale, compact, pocket, toy, midget, undersized, short, stubby, elfin, dwarfish, dwarf, pygmy, bantam, homuncular, lilliputian
Definition of knee-high in US English: knee-highadjective & adverbˈˌnē ˈˌhīˈˌni ˈˌhaɪ So high as to reach the knees. 齐膝高的 as adjective knee-high boots as adverb they were wading knee-high in the water 他们正蹚着齐膝高的水。 Example sentencesExamples - She was dressed in a leather jacket, a mini skirt, and knee-high boots.
- His trousers were already wet to the thigh and he was wearing knee-high rubber boots.
- Pismo clams are found in knee-high water at low tide, burrowed about 6 inches below the sand.
- Within 45 minutes some of the campers were wading through water that was knee-high as they struggled to leave the site, adjacent to the Greta and Derwent rivers.
- Melissa wore a grey sleeveless top with a leather collar, knee-high brown boots and a black pleated skirt.
- She was wearing a short black skirt, knee-high black boots, and a pink halter top.
- As Millar trudged through the knee-high snow, he watched comrades - exhausted and disoriented - tumble into drifts.
- Her favourite part of the uniform though had to be her black, knee-high lace-up boots.
- She wore a very short, black leather skirt and a pair of knee-high black leather boots.
Synonyms minute, small-scale, scaled-down, mini, baby, toy, pocket, fun-size, petite, dwarfish, knee-high, miniature, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, infinitesimal, micro, diminutive, pocket-sized, reduced, lilliputian
nounˈˌnē ˈˌhīˈˌni ˈˌhaɪ usually knee-highsA sock or nylon stocking with an elasticized top that reaches to a person's knee. 齐膝尼龙丝袜 Example sentencesExamples - Dressing in my normal school uniform of a pleated skirt, white blouse, and black knee-highs, I joined Seth downstairs.
- But I still was hot so I took off my shoes and my knee-highs.
- Maura quickly smoothed down her gray pleated skirt and pulled up her school knee-highs.
- The only knee-highs I had ever worn were fishnets, and they weren't exactly school material.
- Socks were stuffed in the shoes, and upon pulling them out I discovered they were knee-highs.
Phrasesknee-high to a grasshopper informal Very small or very young. 〈非正式〉矮小的，幼小的 Example sentencesExamples - This is one of my favourite arias from one of my favourite oratorios, and a piece I have known since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- She has been helping out and diving from her dad's boat since she was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- I adored this show when I was but knee-high to a grasshopper, and now it returns, and I'm happy to say that it's just as exciting, just as action-packed, and just as enjoyable as I remembered.
- I have played since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- Using my keen journalistic observation skills, I note that she would have been only knee-high to a grasshopper during her favourite decade.
- Since I was knee-high to a grasshopper I have frequented this beautiful old house and farm, romped in its hay-barns, swum in its streams, and played hide and seek in the rambling old farmhouse.
- I haven't been on a bouncy castle since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- ‘They're a band I've loved since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, although I'm not much taller than that now,’ says Braithwaite.
Synonyms tiny, small, little, petite, minute, miniature, mini, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, small-scale, compact, pocket, toy, midget, undersized, short, stubby, elfin, dwarfish, dwarf, pygmy, bantam, homuncular, lilliputian
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