ADJECTIVE | VERB + KNEE | KNEE + VERB | KNEE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤left, right左膝;右膝▸➤bony, knobbly, knobby (especially NAmE) 骨節突出的膝蓋▸➤bare裸露的膝蓋▸➤bent彎曲的膝蓋▸➤drawn-up屈起的膝蓋◇I rested my chin on my drawn-up knees.我下巴抵在屈起的膝蓋上。➤arthritic, bad, bum (NAmE, informal) , dodgy, informal) , troublesome, weak有關節炎的膝蓋;有毛病的膝蓋➤sore, stiff疼痛的/僵硬的膝蓋➤injured, scraped, skinned, twisted受傷的/擦傷的/擦破皮的/扭傷的膝蓋➤artificial人工膝蓋◇An artificial knee was later inserted.後來安裝了一個人工膝蓋。VERB + KNEE➤bend, flex屈膝▸➤straighten伸直膝蓋▸➤draw up, pull, pull up, tuck, tuck up屈起膝蓋;盤膝◇I tucked my knees under my chin.我把雙膝屈起頂着下巴。◇She sat up and pulled her knees to her chest.她坐起身來,屈起雙膝頂着胸口。➤hug抱膝◇He hugged his knees to keep warm.他抱膝取暖。➤drop down on, drop on, drop to, fall on, fall to, get down on, go down on, sink to跪下◇He went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness.他雙膝下跪請求原諒。➤sit on坐在腿上◇She sat on her father's knee (= lap) while he read her a story.她坐在爸爸腿上聽他讀故事。➤blow (NAmE, informal) , blow out (NAmE, informal) , hurt, injure, sprain, twist拉傷膝關節;損傷膝蓋;扭傷膝蓋◇I injured my knee and had to have surgery.我傷了膝蓋,不得不做手術。➤graze, scrape, skin擦傷膝蓋;擦破膝蓋▸➤slap拍膝蓋◇He slapped his knee as he rocked with laughter.他拍着膝蓋笑得前仰後合。➤pat輕拍膝蓋◇He patted her knee reassuringly.他輕拍她的膝蓋讓她放心。KNEE + VERB➤buckle, give way, weaken膝蓋發軟/支撑不住/無力◇Suddenly her knees buckled and she fell to the floor.她突然雙膝發軟跌倒在地。◇Rita felt her knees weakening.麗塔覺得雙膝無力。➤knock, shake, tremble, wobble膝蓋哆嗦;膝蓋顫抖➤ache, hurt膝蓋疼痛KNEE + NOUN➤injury, problem, sprain, trouble膝傷;膝蓋的毛病;膝蓋扭傷▸➤operation, replacement, surgery膝蓋手術;膝蓋置換➤brace護膝支架◇He refuses to wear a knee brace.他拒絕戴護膝支架。➤joint, ligament膝關節;膝蓋韌帶▸➤socks及膝襪子▸➤pad護膝PREPOSITION➤above the knee在膝蓋上方▸➤across your knees橫跨雙膝◇She had a blanket draped across her knees.她把毯子搭在雙膝上。➤at sb's knee在某人膝前◇The children had learned these stories at their mother's knee.孩子們在媽媽膝前聽過這些故事。➤below the knee膝蓋以下◇His leg was missing below the knee.他一條腿的膝蓋以下部份沒有了。➤between your knees在兩膝之間◇If you hear the crash-landing warning, put your head between your knees.如果聽到摔機着陸警報,就將頭放在兩膝之間。➤in your knee膝蓋裏◇He's snapped a ligament in his knee.他弄斷了膝蓋的一條韌帶。➤on one knee單腿跪下◇I went down on one knee to plug in the vacuum cleaner.我單腿跪下插吸塵器插頭。➤on your knee在膝蓋上;跪着◇I balanced the pile of books on my knees.我將那摞書穩穩地放在膝蓋上。◇He was on his knees, searching for the missing spring.他雙腿跪在地上尋找丟失的彈簧。➤to one knee用單膝◇He dropped to one knee.他單膝着地。➤to your knees跪下◇The blow knocked him to his knees.那一擊打得他跪到了地上。PHRASES➤bring sth to its knees (figurative) 使⋯癱瘓◇The fuel shortage brought the country to its knees within weeks.燃料短缺使整個國家在幾週內陷入了癱瘓。➤on your hands and knees匍匐在地◇I was on my hands and knees, looking for my key.我趴在地上找鑰匙。➤on bended knee (figurative) 低聲下氣地◇She would ask for help, but would not beg for it on bended knee.她會尋求幫助,但絕不會卑躬屈膝地乞求。