knee

英 [niː] 美[ni]
  • n. 膝盖,膝
  • vt. 用膝盖碰
  • n. (Knee)人名;(英)尼

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词态变化


复数: knees;第三人称单数: knees;过去式: kneed;过去分词: kneed;现在分词: kneeing;

中文词源


knee 膝

来自古英语cneo,来自Proto-Germanic*knewam,来自PIE*geneu,弯,膝盖,边,角,词源同genuflect,heptagon.

英英释意


1. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
2. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
3. cloth covering consisting of the part of a trouser leg that covers the knee

英文词源


knee
knee: [OE] The majority of modern European words for ‘knee’ go back to a common Indo- European ancestor which probably originally signified ‘bend’. This was *g(e)neu or *goneu, which lies behind Latin genu ‘knee’ (source of French genou and Italian ginocchio, and also of English genuine) and may well be connected with Greek gōníā ‘angle’, from which English gets diagonal.

It passed into Germanic as *knewam, which over the centuries has diversified into German and Dutch knie, Swedish knä, Danish knoe, and English knee. The derivative kneel [OE] was formed before the Anglo-Saxons reached Britain, and is shared by Dutch (knielen).

=> genuine, kneel
knee (n.)
Old English cneo, cneow "knee," from Proto-Germanic *knewam (cognates: Old Norse kne, Old Saxon kneo, Old Frisian kni, Middle Dutch cnie, Dutch knie, Old High German kniu, German Knie, Gothic kniu), from PIE root *g(e)neu- (cognates: Sanskrit janu, Avestan znum, Hittite genu "knee;" Greek gony "knee," gonia "corner, angle;" Latin genu "knee"). Knee-slapper "funny joke" is from 1955.
knee (v.)
early 13c., "to bend the knee, kneel," from Old English cneowian, from cneow (see knee (n.)). The meaning "to strike with the knee" is first recorded 1892. Related: Kneed; kneeing.

考试真题


And, apparently, that day has come because seemingly routine operations such as knee replacements are now much more hazardous due to the looming threat of these infections.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

He has a pain in his knee.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 选项

They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to strengthen your leg muscles, avoid hills and get good running shoes.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文

With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

This ,however, would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

词组搭配


at one's mother's (或 father's) knee

at an early age

儿时

bend (或 bow) the (或 one's) knee (to)

kneel in submission; submit

下跪,屈服

bring someone/thing to their/its knees

reduce someone or something to a state of weakness or submission

迫使某人(或物)屈从

fall (或 drop,或 sink,等) to one's knees

assume a kneeling position

下跪,跪下

on bended knee(s)

kneeling, especially in entreaty or worship

(尤指乞求或崇拜时)跪着

did your guy propose on bended knee?.

你男朋友是不是跪着求婚的?。

on one's knees

in a kneeling position

跪着

weak at the knees

overcome by a strong feeling, typically desire

被(强烈感情,尤指欲望)屈服

实用场景例句


a knee injury
膝关节受伤

牛津词典

I grazed my knee when I fell.
我摔了一跤,把膝盖擦破了。

牛津词典

He went down on one knee and asked her to marry him.
他单膝跪下向她求婚。

牛津词典

She was on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor.
她趴在厨房里跪着刷洗地板呢。

牛津词典

These jeans are torn at the knee.
这牛仔裤膝盖那儿破了。

牛津词典

a knee patch
膝部的补丁

牛津词典

Come and sit on Daddy's knee.
来坐在爸爸腿上。

牛津词典

The strikes brought the industry to its knees.
罢工使得这个行业陷入瘫痪。

牛津词典

He kneed his attacker in the groin.
他用膝盖猛撞攻击者的下身。

牛津词典

He will receive physiotherapy on his damaged left knee.
因左膝受伤,他将接受物理治疗。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a knee injury.
膝关节受伤

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He sat with the package on his knees...
他坐着,将包裹放在腿上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...jeans with holes at both knees.
两个膝部都有洞的牛仔裤

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She fell to the ground on her knees and prayed...
她跪下祈祷。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She was on her knees in the kitchen.
她在厨房跪着。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Ian kneed him in the groin.
伊恩用膝盖顶他的下身。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Our aim is to bring this government to its knees, to force it to the negotiating table.
我们的目标是使该政府屈服,迫使它走上谈判桌。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Add hot water to soak the bottle for a while.
将瓶子放入热水中浸泡一会.

期刊摘选

She had her leg amputated below the knee.
她的一条腿自膝盖以下被截掉了.

《简明英汉词典》

I went down on one knee to plug in the vacuum cleaner.
我单腿跪下插上吸尘器插头.

《简明英汉词典》

He hoped to get rid of the pain in what was left of his knee.
他希望祛除膝盖处的疼痛.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He boohooed when he skinned his knee.
当他的膝盖擦破时,他大声地哭了起来.

《现代英汉综合大词典》