knee
n
1
(a) joint between the thigh and lower part of the human leg; corresponding joint in animals 膝; 膝盖. =>illus at human 见human插图.
(b) upper surface of a sitting person's thigh (人坐著时)大腿的朝上的面
sit on my knee 坐在我的腿上
You'll have to eat your dinner off your knees, I'm afraid! 对不起, 这顿饭你只好把餐具放在腿上吃了!
2 part of a garment covering the knee (裤子等的)膝部
These trousers are torn at the knee. 这裤子的膝部破了.
3 (idm 习语) be/go (down) on one's `knees kneel or be kneeling (down), esp when praying or to show that one accepts defeat 跪下, 跪著(尤指祈祷或屈服时). the bee's knees => bee1. bring sb to his `knees force sb to submit 迫使某人屈服
(fig 比喻) The country was almost brought to its knees by the long strike. 经长期罢工, 国家已濒临崩溃的边缘. on bended knee => bend1. weak at the knees => weak. knee, v (pt, pp kneed) [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.a]
strike or push with the knee 用膝盖顶或撞
knee sb (in the groin) 用膝盖顶某人(的阴部)
knee the door open 用膝盖把门撞开.
What would you like to be doing two years from now?
两年后你希望自己在做什么?
Give me the rocket and boat, and I'll give you a sucker.
把那火箭和快艇给我,我就给你棒棒糖。
I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.