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kneel

/neel/US // nil //UK // (niːl) //

跪下,跪下来,跪拜,跪

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    knelt [nelt] /nɛlt/ or kneeled, kneel·ing.

    • : to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the action or position of kneeling.

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Examples

  • As he went to kneel, I took a shot at him and [he] jumped in the door.

  • I kneel with the journalist in the sand, my face stoic and yet terrified, crying, knowing that I can do nothing but wait.

  • The three who were killed had been forced to kneel in a prayer position while assassins shot each in the forehead.

  • Or was Giantsbane onto something when he said that Snow will never kneel again?

  • The nurse then forces him to stand up, kneel down before his father, and address him as “father” thirty times in a row.

  • The men stand, and the women bring with them little carpets, which they spread before them, and on which they either kneel or sit.

  • The elephant was made to kneel down, a ladder was placed against his side, and Mr. Law and myself took our places.

  • Nobody notices you if you kneel down on the road to say your prayer, in spite of the fact that you are blocking the traffic.

  • He bound the child's eyes with a white cloth, and bade him kneel beside the stone with his face to the east.

  • The stranger came forward reverently to kneel between the two nuns.