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单词 housemaid's knee
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Definition of housemaid's knee in English:

housemaid's knee

noun
mass noun
  • Inflammation of the fluid-filled cavity covering the kneecap (bursitis), often due to excessive kneeling.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A self-cleaning oven costs considerably more than an ordinary one - €1, 249 as opposed to €599 in the Neff range - but what price cleanliness and an end to housemaid's knee?
    • I will have to try and address the balance before he gets housemaid's knee!
    • Tennis elbow and housemaid's knee were associated with women.
    • Furthermore, they would foster a host of new problems: housemaid's knee, malnutrition and an explosion in all the manifold ailments that smoking is known to cause.
 
 

Definition of housemaid's knee in US English:

housemaid's knee

nounˌhousmādz ˈnē
  • Inflammation of the fluid-filled cavity covering the kneecap, often due to excessive kneeling; bursitis.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A self-cleaning oven costs considerably more than an ordinary one - €1, 249 as opposed to €599 in the Neff range - but what price cleanliness and an end to housemaid's knee?
    • Furthermore, they would foster a host of new problems: housemaid's knee, malnutrition and an explosion in all the manifold ailments that smoking is known to cause.
    • Tennis elbow and housemaid's knee were associated with women.
    • I will have to try and address the balance before he gets housemaid's knee!
 
 
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