kneecap
膝盖骨,髌骨,膝蓋骨,膝关节
Definitions
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- : the patella.
- : a protective covering, usually knitted, for the knee.
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knee·capped, knee·cap·ping.
- : to cripple by shooting in the knee: Terrorists were kneecapping prospective jurors.
Examples
My muddy shoe slipped, and I banged my kneecap on a fence rail, clinging for dear life.
At the same time, Tea Partyers are fending off Republican attempts to “kneecap” the movement as a whole, says Carender.
You cannot kneecap a statistic, though you can sometimes make it limp.
Gillibrand exclaims, punctuating her eruption with a brisk swat to my kneecap.
The trappers entertain a superstitious notion, which leads them to remove a kneecap from each beaver and throw it into the fire.
But he did not catch her; he stubbed his toe and fell, arising with a bruised kneecap which prevented further pursuit.
In aiming kneeling, the left elbow rests on the left knee, point of elbow in front of kneecap.
As well as I could make out, the kneecap seemed turned up on edge in the midst of the swelling.
From the ankle up over the shin, almost to the kneecap, was a long red sore, yellowish in the centre.