knee [ni]
詞析魔法:
詞源上knee=genu-膝蓋。
詞源說明:
1 - 來自古英語 cneo,來自 Proto-Germanic*knewam,來自 PIE*geneu,彎,膝蓋,邊,角,詞源同genuflect,heptagon.
2. the bee's knees頂尖人物。蜜蜂能製造蜂蜜我們都知道,可是你們知道蜜蜂是如何把花粉帶回蜂巢的呢?是用它多毛、較寬扁、基跗節甚大所以非常適於採集與攜帶花粉的攜粉足(pollen-carrying legs)來運輸花粉的,這個習語有說或源於此。She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees.
單字用法:
1. 英語中不發音的字母8:k出現在詞首,在字母n之前。如:knead(按摩),knee,knickers(燈籠褲),knife,knight,knit,knot,know.
2. knave [neɪv] n.無賴;流氓。knight [naɪt] n.騎士;爵士。knife [naɪf] n.刀;匕首。knee [niː] n.膝蓋,vt.用膝蓋碰。know [nəʊ]vt.知道;懂得。knot [nɒt] n.結;節瘤;海裡/小時,vt.打結。knead [niːd] vt. 揉合;按摩......這些kn-開頭的單字都是古英語來源,共同點是首輔音k-不發音。
n.
[C] (pl. knees)
[C] (pl. knees)
① 膝蓋,膝關節(參照lap);(衣褲的)膝部;(動物,尤指馬、狗前腳的)膝蓋(←→hock);(鳥類的)脛骨
My knee's bleeding. 我的膝蓋在流血。
fall on a knee 單膝著地,跪下一腳
He held the baby on his knees. 他將嬰兒放在膝上。
rise on the knees 跪立
The snow was up to his knees. 雪深到他的膝部。
He was up to the knees in water. 他在深到膝部的水中。
She was (down) on her knees. 她跪著。
He held the baby on his knees. 他將嬰兒放在膝上。
rise on the knees 跪立
The snow was up to his knees. 雪深到他的膝部。
He was up to the knees in water. 他在深到膝部的水中。
She was (down) on her knees. 她跪著。
② 膝狀物;腕木;〖建〗隅材;欄杆的拐彎;〖木工〗〖機〗合角鐵
vt. (kneed)
① 以膝碰觸
② 以腕木接合(木框等);以合角鐵接合
③ 〖口〗使(衣褲)膝部變鬆
名詞變化:
單數: knee
複數: knees
動詞變化:
現在式: knee
現在式(第三人稱單數): knees
現在分詞: kneeing
過去式: kneed
過去分詞: kneed
片語:
1.at one's mother's knee 在母親膝上,在孩提時
2.bend [bow] the knee to [before] ...
跪拜;屈膝哀求…;屈服於…
3.bring a person to his knees 使某人屈服
4.drop the knee 下跪;跪求;跪拜
5.fall [go] on one's knees 下跪;跪求;跪拜
6.get knee to knee with ... 與…促膝而談[商量]
7.give [offer] a knee to ... (在拳賽等)讓(拳擊手等)靠在膝上休息;侍候
8.gone at the knees
①〖口〗(馬、人)搖搖擺擺的,蹣跚的
②〖口〗(褲子)膝部已磨損的
9.knee by knee 並膝,鄰接
10.knee to knee 並膝;促膝
11.on one's hands and knees (人)匍匐
12.on the knees of the gods 人力所不及的;未定的
反義字:
hock n. (犬、馬等的)後腳踝關節
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