knee 1 S2 W2 / ni / 名词 [可数名词]

1 the joint that bends in the middle of your leg :

Lucy had a bandage round her knee.

on your knees

She was on her knees (= kneeling ) , weeding the garden.

sink/fall/drop to your knees (= move so that you are kneeling )

Tim fell to his knees and started to pray.

a knee injury

2 the part of your clothes that covers your knee :

His jeans had holes in both knees.

3 on sb’s knee on the top part of your legs when you are sitting down :

Daddy, can I sit on your knee?

4 knees knocking (together) if your knees are knocking, you are feeling very afraid or very cold

5 on your knees in a way that shows you have no power but want or need something very much :

He went on his knees begging for his job back.

6 bring somebody/something to their knees

a) to defeat a country or group of people in a war :

The bombing was supposed to bring the country to its knees.

b) to have such a bad effect on an organization, activity etc that it cannot continue 同义词 cripple :

The recession has brought many companies to their knees.

7 put/take somebody over your knee old-fashioned to punish a child by hitting them

8 on bended knee(s) old-fashioned in a way that shows great respect for someone

→ learn/be taught something at your mother’s knee at mother 1 ( 4 ) , → the bee’s knees at bee ( 5 ) , → weak at the knees at weak ( 13 )