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kneecap

/nee-kap/US // ˈniˌkæp //UK // (ˈniːˌkæp) //

膝盖骨,髌骨,膝蓋骨,膝关节

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the patella.
    • : a protective covering, usually knitted, for the knee.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.