kneel

动词 v.
中文释义
发音 nēl

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. intransitive
    — When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
  2. To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter. intransitive
  3. To cause to kneel. transitive
    — She knelt the doll to fit it into the box.
  4. To rest on (one's) knees. archaic,reflexive
    — He knelt him down to pray.

词形变化

kneels present,singular,third-person kneeling participle,present knelt participle,past knelt past kneeled participle,past kneeled past

词汇关系

下位词
kneel down genuflect
衍生词
kneel before kneeler kneeling bus kneeling chair kneelo

词源

From Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen, Low German knelen, dialectal German knielen, Alemannic German chnüle, Danish knæle, all meaning “to kneel”.
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