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

• Kneel down, the wedding starts.
  来，拜堂了！跪下来，开始拜堂了。
• They will kneel here forever.
  他们将永远跪在那里。
• Other people were kneeling, but she just sat.
  其他人跪着，而她只是坐着。
• Kneel before your new king.
  在你们的新国王面前跪下。
• My mother state, to thee I kneel.
  你是我的母亲州，我愿跪在你面前。
• How dare they not kneel to us?
  他们好大胆竟不向我们下跪？
• The price of cereals and the price of calves at the present moment has virtually sounded the death kneel of barley beef production.
  日前的谷物价格和牛犊价格实际上已经敲响了用大麦生产牛肉的丧钟。
• 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。
• 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？
• I kneel only to God.
  我只向上帝下跪。