单词 | knee-deep |
释义 | knee-deep adj. 1.+ water, snow, mud齐膝深的 knee-deep snow齐膝深的雪 The water was only knee-deep.水深仅齐膝。 2.(in water, snow, mud)+ person陷入没膝的水(或雪、泥土)中的 We waded knee-deep across the river.我们趟过了没膝深的河水。 knee-deep in sth某物没膝的 They spent much of their time knee-deep in mud.他们在没膝深的泥地里费了好长时间。 3.to be knee-deep in sth (in work, debt)+ person沉浸在某事中;专注于某事 These measures won't help those students who are already knee-deep in debt.这些措施对那些已经负债累累的学生不会有帮助。 I was knee-deep in paperwork.我完全沉浸在文书工作当中了。 |
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