| 单词 | knee |
| 释义 | knee (once / 83 pages) n Your knee is the joint in your leg that joins your thigh with your shin, making it possible for you to bend your leg. Without knees, you'd walk like a Barbie doll on very stiff legs. The knee connects your tibia, or shinbone, to your femur, or thighbone. Although their bodies are arranged in different ways, there are other animals with knees, including horses, donkeys, giraffes, and deer. You can also use the word knee to mean the part of your pants that covers your actual knee: "I always get a hole in the knee of my jeans." A "knee-slapper" is a joke so funny it makes you laugh out loud. WORD FAMILYknee: knees USAGE EXAMPLESAnthony, who led the Knicks against Orlando with 19 points, missed the second half of Saturday’s game because of a sore left knee. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) But it is not enough for doctors just to replace a knee or a hip. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Arizona running back David Johnson’s knee injury is not serious and will not require surgery, Coach Bruce Arians said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella Syn|Hyper articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee joint ginglymoid joint, ginglymus, hinge joint a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane 2n joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee Syn|Hyper stifle articulatio, articulation, joint (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) 3n the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee Hyper cloth covering a covering made of cloth |
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