knee

noun

1. 膝；膝盖；膝关节
   the joint between the top and bottom parts of the leg where it bends in the middle
   1. a knee injury
      膝关节受伤
   2. I grazed my knee when I fell.
      我摔了一跤，把膝盖擦破了。
   3. He went down on one knee and asked her to marry him.
      他单膝跪下向她求婚。
   4. She was on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor.
      她趴在厨房里跪着刷洗地板呢。
2. （裤子的）膝部
   the part of a piece of clothing that covers the knee
   1. These jeans are torn at the knee.
      这牛仔裤膝盖那儿破了。
   2. a knee patch
      膝部的补丁
3. （坐下时）大腿朝上的面
   the top surface of the upper part of the legs when you are sitting down
   1. Come and sit on Daddy's knee.
      来坐在爸爸腿上。

verb

1. 用膝盖顶（或撞）
   to hit or push sb/sth with your knee
   1. He kneed his attacker in the groin.
      他用膝盖猛撞攻击者的下身。

1. N-COUNT 膝；膝盖；膝关节
   Your knee is the place where your leg bends.
   1. He will receive physiotherapy on his damaged left knee.
      因左膝受伤，他将接受物理治疗。
   2. ...a knee injury.
      膝关节受伤
2. N-COUNT （坐下时）大腿朝上的面
   If something or someone is on your knee or on your knees, they are resting or sitting on the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down.
   1. He sat with the package on his knees...
      他坐着，将包裹放在腿上。
   2. 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。
3. N-COUNT （裤子的）膝部
   The knee on a piece of clothing is the part that covers your knee.
   1. ...jeans with holes at both knees.
      两个膝部都有洞的牛仔裤
4. N-PLURAL 膝部
   If you are on your knees, your legs are bent and your knees are on the ground.
   1. She fell to the ground on her knees and prayed...
      她跪下祈祷。
   2. She was on her knees in the kitchen.
      她在厨房跪着。
5. VERB 用膝盖顶
   If you knee someone, you hit them using your knee.
   1. Ian kneed him in the groin.
      伊恩用膝盖顶他的下身。
6. PHRASE 摧毁；使瘫痪
   If a country or organization is brought to its knees, it is almost completely destroyed by someone or something.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. He's been out of action for 16 months with a serious knee injury
   由于膝部严重受伤，他已停工16个月。
2. He had to have one leg amputated above the knee.
   他的一条腿不得不从膝部以上截断。
3. Surgeons placed a metal band around the knee cap to help it knit back together.
   外科医生在膝盖骨上套了个金属箍以帮助其愈合。
4. We put some ointment and a bandage on his knee
   我们在他的膝盖上涂了些药膏并打上了绷带。
5. One of our children fell and bloodied his knee
   我们的一个孩子跌倒了，膝盖磕破了。
6. I had only bruised my knee
   我只是把膝盖给碰伤了。
7. The knee's coming on fine, I'm walking comfortably already.
   膝盖恢复得很好，我现在走路已经不疼了。
8. She had an operation on her knee at the clinic
   她在诊所做了个膝盖手术。
9. The knee and ankle joints must be immobilized — this usually means up to six weeks in plaster.
   膝关节和踝关节必须加以固定——这通常意味着要打上6个星期的石膏。
10. He will receive physiotherapy on his damaged left knee.
    因左膝受伤，他将接受物理治疗。
11. He sat with the package on his knees
    他坐着，将包裹放在腿上。
12. 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。
13. She fell to the ground on her knees and prayed
    她跪下祈祷。
14. She was on her knees in the kitchen.
    她在厨房跪着。
15. Ian kneed him in the groin.
    伊恩用膝盖顶他的下身。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. He suffered torn ligaments in his knee.
    他膝关节韧带拉伤了。
19. He must have a major operation on his knee to mend severed ligaments.
    为了让他断裂的韧带愈合，他的膝盖必须动一次大手术。
20. I can't ever recall Dad hugging me. Neither did I sit on his knee.
    我不记得爸爸曾经抱过我，我也没在他膝盖上坐过。
21. 'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.
    “别这么干了，”他用膝盖轻轻碰了碰那个男孩说道。
22. 'Don't you worry about any of this,' she said patting me on the knee
    “这个你什么都不用担心，”她轻拍着我的膝盖说。
23. His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.
    因为膝盖接二连三地受伤，他的职业生涯提前结束了。
24. He is recovering from a knee injury
    他的膝伤正在康复。
25. In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain
    绝望之际，琼斯夫人只好同意在其右膝上做手术以减轻疼痛。
26. He has not been the same swashbuckling player since suffering a knee injury.
    自从膝盖受伤后他就不再是那个传奇的运动员了。
27. Rupert Moon is out of today's session with a twisted knee.
    鲁珀特·穆恩扭伤了膝盖，无法参加今天的训练。
28. She sat on Rossi's knee as he whispered in her ear
    她坐在罗西的膝盖上，听他低声耳语。
29. The boy fell and scraped the skin off his knee.
    那男孩跌倒了，抢掉了膝盖上的皮。
30. That boy scraped his knee when he slipped and fell.
    那个男孩摔倒时把膝盖蹭破了。

n.

bring sb to their knees

• （尤指战争中）打败某人，使某人屈膝投降
  to defeat sb, especially in a war

bring sth to its knees

• 摧毁某物；使（组织等）瘫痪（或崩溃）
  to badly affect an organization, etc. so that it can no longer function
  1. The strikes brought the industry to its knees.
     罢工使得这个行业陷入瘫痪。

put sb over your knee

• 把某人放在膝上打屁股
  to punish sb by making them lie on top of your knee and hitting their bottom

the bee's knees

• 出类拔萃的人（或物）
  an excellent person or thing
  1. She thinks she's the bee's knees (= she has a very high opinion of herself) .
     她自以为很了不起。

on bended knee(s)

• 下跪（请求…）；央求；苦苦哀求
  if you ask for sth on bended knee(s) , you ask for it in a very anxious and/or humble way

at your mother's knee

• 小时候；孩提时
  when you were very young
  1. I learnt these songs at my mother's knee.
     我小时候学过这些歌曲。

weak at the knees

• （因激动、恐惧、疾病等）两腿发软
  hardly able to stand because of emotion, fear, illness, etc.
  1. His sudden smile made her go weak at the knees.
     他突然笑了笑，使得她两膝发软。

noun

1. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped

   Synonym:    stifle

2. the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee

3. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

   Synonym:    knee jointhuman kneearticulatio genusgenu