genu

/jee-noo, -nyoo, jen-oo, -yoo/US // ˈdʒi nu, -nyu, ˈdʒɛn u, -yu //UK // (ˈdʒɛnjuː) //

属,玄学,属相,遗传

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural ge·nu·a [jen-oo-uh, -yoo-uh]. /ˈdʒɛn u ə, -yu ə/. Anatomy, Zoology.
- : the knee.
- : a kneelike part or bend.

"It's genu-ine all right," he at length admitted grudgingly.
Genoa is believed to derive its name from the fact that the shape of this portion of the coast resembles that of a knee (genu).
Ovid says—'qui medius nixique genu est anguemque tenentis,' Met.
The capsule adapts itself to the contour of the lenticular nucleus and has an anterior limb, a bend or genu, and a posterior limb.
A far commoner deformity than the preceding is that known as knock-knee (or Genu Valgum).