take a knee
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
— Levon Berry, a 288-pound tackle for S. Pete, decided to take a knee and adjust the adhesive tape that's wrapped around his street shoes.
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Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.
— The N.F.L. estimates that number could rise to 30 percent, but special-teams coaches say at least 40 percent of kickoffs will end with the returner taking a knee in the end zone.
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To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.
— Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Wednesday night that officers "took a knee" after the April riots following the death of Freddie Gray, allowing crime to spike because they felt a lack of support from commanders.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, knee.
— During the play he took a knee to the helmet.
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