English Dictionary

knee

IPA（発音記号）

/niː/

名詞

コロケーション 古語

In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. / In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.

日本語の意味

（人間の場合）大腿部と下腿部の間に位置する関節またはその周辺部位 / （馬などの場合）前肢の手首に相当する、手根部の関節

She injured her knee during the soccer match and couldn't continue playing.

彼女はサッカーの試合中に膝を負傷して続けてプレーできなかった。

意味（1）

In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.

意味（2）

In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.

意味（3）

The part of a garment that covers the knee.

意味（4）

(shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them.

意味（5）

(with the verb "take") An act of kneeling on one knee, typically to acknowledge an injury or sacrifice or otherwise to show respect.

After Kyle went down hard on the ice, both teams took a knee as he was carried off on a stretcher.

意味（6）

(archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

Give them title, knee, and approbation.

意味（7）

Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.

the knee of a graph

意味（8）

A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.

Tante was groggy but not quite out so Winnie gave him a knee to the jaw that Rose had shown her, and that was enough. He slumped like a rag-doll to the floor.

knees （ plural ）

kneen （ dialectal obsolete plural ）