kneel

英 [niːl]

美 [niːl]

v.  跪; 跪着; 跪下

过去式：knelt　现在分词：kneeling　第三人称单数：kneels　过去分词：knelt　

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短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 跪；跪着；跪下
  to be in or move into a position where your body is supported on your knee or knees
  1. a kneeling figure
     跪着的人影
  2. We knelt (down) on the ground to examine the tracks.
     我们跪在地上察看足迹。

柯林斯词典

The forms kneeled and knelt can both be used for the past tense and past participle.kneeled 和 knelt均可用作过去式和过去分词。


• VERB 跪下；跪着
  When youkneel, you bend your legs so that your knees are touching the ground.
  1. She knelt by the bed and prayed...
     她跪在床边祈祷。
  2. Other people were kneeling, but she just sat.
     其他人跪着，而她只是坐着。
  3. ...a kneeling position.
     跪着的姿势
  4. Kneel downmeans the same askneel.
     kneel down 同 kneel
  5. She kneeled down beside him.
     她在他旁边跪下。

英英释义

noun

• supporting yourself on your knees
  Synonym:kneeling

verb

• rest one's weight on one's knees
  1. In church you have to kneel during parts of the service

双语例句

• When the retainers will kneel to you.
  那些家臣会向你下跪。
• You wouldn't kneel down to pray for your mother on her deathbed when she asked you.
  你母亲弥留之际，要你跪下来为她祷告，你却拒绝了。
• Military personnel for whom knees kneel? Man;
  军人的双膝为谁而跪？
• He tugged the camels to make them get up. He urged the camels to kneel.
  他把骆驼拉了起来。祥子叫骆驼们跪下；
• What have you done, what have you done, that you should kneel to us!
  你做过什么？你做过什么？为什么要向我们跪下？
• How dare they not kneel to us?
  他们好大胆竟不向我们下跪？
• I would kneel to a penny, sir!
  一文小钱也没有！我愿对一个大钱下跪，先生！
• I kneel only to god, but I can't see him here.
  我只向上帝下跪，不过我没有在这看见他。
• Out of reflex he wanted to kneel and express his thanks.
  他条件反射地要跪下来表示感谢。
• My mother state, to thee I kneel.
  你是我的母亲州，我愿跪在你面前。