Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense knees, present participle kneeing, past tense, past participle kneed
1N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN]膝;膝盖;膝关节 Your knee is the place where your leg bends. 膝;膝盖;膝关节
He will receive physiotherapy on his damaged left knee.
因左膝受伤,他将接受物理治疗。
...a knee injury.
膝关节受伤
2N-COUNT [oft onNOUN](坐下时)大腿朝上的面 If something or someone is on your knee or on your knees, they are resting or sitting on the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down. (坐下时)大腿朝上的面
He sat with the package on his knees.
他坐着,将包裹放在腿上。
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。
3N-COUNT (裤子的)膝部 The knee on a piece of clothing is the part that covers your knee. (裤子的)膝部
...jeans with holes at both knees.
两个膝部都有洞的牛仔裤
4N-PLURAL [usu on/toN]膝部 If you are on your knees, your legs are bent and your knees are on the ground. 膝部
She fell to the ground on her knees and prayed.
她跪下祈祷。
She was on her knees in the kitchen.
她在厨房跪着。
5VERB 用膝盖顶 If you knee someone, you hit them using your knee. 用膝盖顶
Ian kneed him in the groin. [VERB noun]
伊恩用膝盖顶他的下身。
6PHRASE 摧毁;使瘫痪 If a country or organization is brought to its knees, it is almost completely destroyed by someone or something. 摧毁;使瘫痪
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。
Our aim is to bring this government to its knees, to force it to the negotiating table.