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Kneel Knees Ground People Word Means Knelt Past

英语单词 kneel
英美音标 英 [niːl] 美 [niːl]
中文释义 v.跪
英语例句 (1) Do not kneel, go straight to your feet.
(2) Christians often kneel down to say their prayers.
中文例句 (1) 千万不要跪着,要把脚伸直。
(2) 基督教徒通常跪着做祷告。
vocabulary简明 When you kneel, you rest your bent knees on the ground. People kneel to pray, to work in the garden, and to do yoga.
vocabulary扩展 Kids often kneel on the living room rug to play, and adults kneel to tie a child's shoelaces, to vacuum under the sofa, to play with a puppy, to exercise, and for many other reasons. A great thing about the word kneel is that its meaning is easy to see — the word knee is obvious when you look at it. The Old English root word, cnēowlian, simply means kneel, and it comes from cnēow, or "knee."
柯林斯解释
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。
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[VERB 动词]跪下;跪着 When you kneel, you bend your legs so that your knees are touching the ground.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  [V P]
  • She knelt by the bed and prayed...

    她跪在床边祈祷。

  • Other people were kneeling, but she just sat.

    其他人跪着,而她只是坐着。

  • ...a kneeling position.

    跪着的姿势

  • Kneel down means the same as kneel .kneel down 同 kneel
    • She kneeled down beside him.

      她在他旁边跪下。

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