英语词汇“on hands and knees”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) on (also upon) (one's) hands and knees: in a bent posture with hands and knees on the ground; in a crawling position; = on (also upon) all fours at all fours n. 1.

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c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) l. 5555 (MED) Þor was no way to wend bot a strayt sty of stone; Clamerand on knese and hende, by þat gatt ar þei gone.]

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 468 Sir Launcelot smote hym downe grovelynge uppon hys hondys and hys kneys.

1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church ii. x. f. 169 He should goe creeping alongest the Popes palace, vpon his handes & knees, with a collar about his necke like a dogge.

1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk ii. 75 The gripe so strong did seize, That down he came on hands and knees.

1764 D. Garrick Let. 31 Oct. (1963) II. 427 The Manager..was so affected with the piles, that..he was oblig'd to creep upon his hands & knees on a carpet.

1878 Mrs. H. Wood Pomeroy Abbey III. xvii. 138 I was on my hands and knees, stoning the passage flags.

1904 A. Conan Doyle Return of Sherlock Holmes in Strand Mag. Dec. 613/1 He tore the drugget from the floor, and in an instant was down on his hands and knees clawing at each of the squares of wood beneath it.

1961 A. S. Downer Recent Amer. Drama (1964) 12 The Job scenes..were directed..with characters writhing on the floor and careening about on hands and knees.

2007 Wired June 148/1 They spread printouts..out on the floor of the plane and pored over them on their hands and knees.

单词	on hands and knees
释义	> as lemmas on (also upon) (one's) hands and knees (b) on (also upon) (one's) hands and knees: in a bent posture with hands and knees on the ground; in a crawling position; = on (also upon) all fours at all fours n. 1. ΚΠ c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) l. 5555 (MED) Þor was no way to wend bot a strayt sty of stone; Clamerand on knese and hende, by þat gatt ar þei gone.] a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 468 Sir Launcelot smote hym downe grovelynge uppon hys hondys and hys kneys. 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church ii. x. f. 169 He should goe creeping alongest the Popes palace, vpon his handes & knees, with a collar about his necke like a dogge. 1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk ii. 75 The gripe so strong did seize, That down he came on hands and knees. 1764 D. Garrick Let. 31 Oct. (1963) II. 427 The Manager..was so affected with the piles, that..he was oblig'd to creep upon his hands & knees on a carpet. 1878 Mrs. H. Wood Pomeroy Abbey III. xvii. 138 I was on my hands and knees, stoning the passage flags. 1904 A. Conan Doyle Return of Sherlock Holmes in Strand Mag. Dec. 613/1 He tore the drugget from the floor, and in an instant was down on his hands and knees clawing at each of the squares of wood beneath it. 1961 A. S. Downer Recent Amer. Drama (1964) 12 The Job scenes..were directed..with characters writhing on the floor and careening about on hands and knees. 2007 Wired June 148/1 They spread printouts..out on the floor of the plane and pored over them on their hands and knees. extracted from handn. < as lemmas
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