| 釋義 |
knee /nu; ni/ n 1 joint between the thigh and the lower part of the leg in man, → the illus at leg; corresponding part in animals. (人或動物之) 膝; 膝蓋(參看 leg 之插圖)： be on/go (down) on one's ~s, be kneeling/kneel down (to pray, or in submission). 跪著(祈禱或屈服); 跪下。 bring sb to his ~s, force him to submit. 迫使某人屈服。 2 part of a garment covering the ~s: 服套之膝部： the ~s of a pair of trousers. 神之膝部。 3 (compounds) (復(fù)合字) '~-breeches /-bntjiz; -bn-tjiz/ n pl breeches reaching down to or just below the ~s. (長及膝部的)短褲。 ~ cap n a flat, movable bone forming the front part of the ~-joint. 膝蓋骨?！?the illus at skeleton. 參看 skeleton 之揮由。 b protective covering for the ~. 護(hù)膝之物。 I 'deep adj, adv so deep as to reach the ~s: 深及膝的(地)： The water was ~- deep. 水深及膝。 |~-'high adj, adv so high as to reach the ~s: 高及膝的(地)： The grass was ~-high. 草高及膝。 |