knee

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I.knee¹ S2 W2 /niː/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cneow]
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 SYN 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 ↑mother¹(4), ⇨ the bee’s knees at ↑bee(5), ⇨ weak at the knees at ↑weak(13)
II.knee² BrE AmE verb [transitive + in]
to hit someone with your knee:
I kneed him in the groin.

k\\kneehu

knee
The knee is where the leg bends. It it between the lower leg and the upper leg (the thigh).

◎	[ni:]
※	danh từ
	■	đầu gối
		☆	up to one's knee
			đến tận đầu gối
	■	chỗ đầu gối quần
		☆	the trousers bulge at the knees
			quần phồng ra ở chỗ đầu gối
	■	(kỹ thuật) khuỷu, khớp xoay
	■	chân quỳ hình thước thợ ((cũng) knee bracket); thanh (sắt, gỗ) uốn gãy góc
	〆	to bend the knee to somebody
		✓	quỳ gối trước ai
	〆	to bow the knee before somebody
		✓	chịu phục tùng ai, chịu khuất phục trước người nào
	〆	to bring someone to his knees
		✓	bắt ai phải quỳ gối, bắt ai phải đầu hàng
	〆	to get off one's knees
		✓	đứng dậy (sau khi quỳ)
	〆	to give (offer) a knee to somebody
		✓	giúp đỡ ai, phụ tá ai
		✓	(thể dục,thể thao) đỡ (một võ sĩ quyền Anh) cho quỳ xuống giữa hai hiệp đấu
	〆	to go on one's knees
		✓	quỳ gối
	〆	to go on one's knees to somebody
		✓	quỳ gối trước ai, quỵ luỵ ai, van nài ai i
	〆	on one's knees
		✓	quỳ gối, quỵ luỵ, van nài, hạ mìnhh
	〆	it is on the knees of the gods
		✓	còn chưa rõ, chưa biết, chưa chắc chắn
※	ngoại động từ
	■	hích bằng đầu gối, đụng bằng đầu gối
	■	làm chắc (khung...) bằng sắt thước thợ
	■	(thông tục) làm phồng (quần) ở chỗ đầu gối

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  stifle, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu