knee

noun

/niː/

Idioms

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the joint between the top and bottom parts of the leg where it bends in the middle膝；膝盖；膝关节
- a knee injury膝关节受伤
- I had knee surgery three years ago.三年前我的膝盖动了手术。
- Bend your knees until you feel your thigh muscles working.弯曲膝盖，直到感觉大腿肌肉在用力。
- I grazed my knee when I fell.我摔了一跤，把膝盖擦破了。
- He went down on one knee and asked her to marry him.他单膝跪下向她求婚。
- on your knees She was on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor.她在厨房里跪着刷洗地板。
- Everyone was down on (their) hands and knees (= crawling on the floor) looking for the ring.每个人都趴在地上（=爬在地板上）寻找戒指。
- He fell to his knees and begged for mercy.他双膝跪地乞求宽恕。
- My knees were knocking (= I was frightened).我的膝盖在敲打（=我很害怕）。
Extra Examples
- He dropped to one knee.他单膝着地。
- He hugged his knees to keep warm.他抱膝取暖。
- He patted her knee reassuringly.他轻拍她的膝盖让她放心。
- He slapped his knee as he rocked with laughter.他拍着膝盖笑得前仰后合。
- He's snapped a ligament in his knee.他弄断了膝盖的一条韧带。
- I rested my chin on my drawn-up knees.我下巴抵在屈起的膝盖上。
- Suddenly her knees buckled and she fell to the floor.她突然双膝发软跌倒在地。
- The blow knocked him to his knees.那一击打得他跪到了地上。
- His leg was missing below the knee.他一条腿的膝盖以下部份没有了。
Topics Bodya2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- left
- right
- bony
- …
verb + knee
- bend
- flex
- straighten
- …
knee + verb
- buckle
- give way
- weaken
- …
knee + noun
- injury
- problem
- sprain
- …
preposition
- above the knee
- across your knees
- at somebody’s knee
- …
phrases
- bring something to its knees
- on your hands and knees
- on bended knee
- …
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the knee（裤子的）膝部
- I brushed the dust from the knees of my trousers.我掸掉裤膝上的灰尘。
- at the knee These jeans are torn at the knee.这牛仔裤膝盖那儿破了。
- a knee patch膝部的补丁
Topics Clothes and Fashiona2
the top surface of the upper part of the legs when you are sitting down（坐下时）大腿朝上的面 synonym lap
- Come and sit on Daddy's knee.来坐在爸爸腿上。
Extra Examples
- She had a blanket draped across her knees.她把毯子搭在双膝上。
- She sat on her father's knee while he read her a story.她坐在爸爸腿上听他读故事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- left
- right
- bony
- …
verb + knee
- bend
- flex
- straighten
- …
knee + verb
- buckle
- give way
- weaken
- …
knee + noun
- injury
- problem
- sprain
- …
preposition
- above the knee
- across your knees
- at somebody’s knee
- …
phrases
- bring something to its knees
- on your hands and knees
- on bended knee
- …
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Word OriginOld English cnēow, cnēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch knie and German Knie, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin genu and Greek gonu.

Idioms

at your mother’s knee

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

the bee’s knees

(informal) an excellent person or thing出色的人；优质的东西
- She thinks she's the bee's knees (= she has a very high opinion of herself).她自以为很了不起。

bring somebody to their knees

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

bring something to its knees

to badly affect an organization, etc. so that it can no longer function摧毁某物；使（组织等）瘫痪（或崩溃）
- The strikes brought the industry to its knees.罢工使得这个行业陷入瘫痪。
- The fuel shortage brought the country to its knees within weeks.燃料短缺使整个国家在几周内陷入了瘫痪。

on bended knee(s)

if you ask for something on bended knee(s), you ask for it in a very anxious and/or humble way (= showing you think you are less important than the person you are asking)下跪（请求…）；央求；苦苦哀求
- I’d go down on bended knee if I thought she’d change her mind.如果我认为她会改变主意，我会跪下。

put somebody over your knee

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

take a/the knee

to kneel on one knee in public in order to protest about the unfair treatment of black people当众单膝下跪，抗议黑人受到的不公平待遇
- Officers at the rally were seen taking a knee in solidarity with the demonstrators.人们看到集会上的警察单膝下跪，声援示威者。

weak at the knees

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