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- immersed up to the knees（水深等）及膝的, 齐膝的：
children running through a field were knee-deep in mist.
跑过田野的孩子们薄雾没膝。
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- having more than one needs or wants of something过多的：
we shall soon be knee-deep in conflicting legal views.
我们将很快就会有过多的在法律上相互抵触的观点。
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- so deep as to reach the knees齐膝深的, 没膝的：
the snow was almost knee-deep.
雪几乎齐膝深。
- so as to be immersed up to the knees没膝地, 齐膝地：
his leg plunged knee-deep into the water.
他把腿踩入水中没过膝盖。