| 释义 |
kneel, v.|niːl|
pa. tense and pple. kneeled |niːld|, knelt |nɛlt|. Forms: α. 1 cnéowlian, 2–4 cnewlen, 3 cneoulen, kneuli(ȝen, 3–4 kneulen, 4 knewlen. β. 2 cnylen, 2–3 cneolen, cnelen, 3 cneoli, -ly, kneolien, -ly, -len, 3–4 knelen, (kn-, cnely), 3–6 knele, (5–6 knyl, Sc. kneil(l), 6–7 kneele, 7– kneel.
[Early ME. cneolen:—OE. cnéowlian = Du. knielen, MLG., LG. knelen; deriv. of cnéow, knie, knee n. The pa. tense and pple. knelt appear to be late (19th c.) and of southern origin. Cf. feel, felt.]
intr. To fall on the knees or a knee; to assume, or remain in, a posture in which the body is supported on the bended knees or on one of them, as in supplication or homage. Const. to; also, with indirect passive, to be knelt to. Sometimes of the knee: To bend to the ground in supplication or reverence.
αa1000Canons of K. Edgar (MS. Cott. Tiberius A. iii. lf. 96), Silf he on diᵹlum cneowlie [v.r. (Thorpe Anct. Laws II. 282) ᵹecneowiᵹe] ᵹelome and hine on eorðan swiðe aþenie. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 25 After þe forme word of þe salme [þu] abuȝest gode and cnewlest toȝenes him. c1300Beket 540 The Bischop of Northwich..Kneulede tofore him wepinge. c1320Sir Beues (MS. A) 259 Þerl knewlede to þemperur.
βc1200Vices & Virtues 51 He ðat alle cnewes to cnelið. Ibid. 145 Cnyle ðar niðer to-foren hise fet. c1205Lay. 19976 Þer to gon cneoli [c 1275 cneoly] þe king. a1225Ancr. R. 20 Et tis word..buweð oðer kneoleð. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7607 Þis heyemen, in chirche me may yse Knely [v.rr. Kneleþ, Kneuliȝeþ] to god. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 39 Ther Kneled in the weye A compaignye of ladyes. c1394P. Pl. Crede 124 Þou chuldest cnely bifore Crist. c1470Henry Wallace vii. 578 The hardy Scottis..Be fors off hand gert mony cruell kneill. 1548–9(Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Communion, Make your humble confession to almightie God..mekely knelyng upon your knees. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 128 You were kneel'd too, & importun'd otherwise By all of vs. 1637J. Pocklington Altare Chr. 154 His knees may not buckle to Baal, nor kneele at the Communion. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) II. 231 On these stones St. Peter kneeled. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) III. 14 The clerk kneels before the ordinary, whilst he reads the words of the institution. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xvii, The homely altar where they knelt in after-life. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer I. ii. 25 Most of the people around him kneeled.
fig.1633Herbert Temple, Businesse 38 Who in heart not ever kneels. 1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. i. 378 Let the will kneel within thy haughty heart. 1855Browning Childe Roland xx, Low scrubby alders kneeled down over it [the river].
b. With down (adown): To go down on the knees. So to kneel up, to rise on the knees.
a1225St. Marher. 20 Heo bigon on hire cneon to cneolin adun. a1300Cursor M. 4816 Dun þai kneld [v.rr. knelid, kneled] at his fette. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1145 Þai knelyd doune at þe water syde. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1321/1 Who..falling downe prostrate on his face, and then kneeling up, concluded this noble exercise with these words to her Majestie. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. ii. 19 But as for Cæsar, Kneele downe, kneele downe, and wonder. 1750N. Lardner Wks. (1838) III. 292 They kneeled down to the elect to ask their blessing. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam x. xxxix, He knelt down upon the dust. 1849Dickens Dav. Copp. ii, When I kneel up, early in the morning, in my little bed..to look out.
c. With refl. pron. (see him 4 b). arch.
c1430Life St. Kath. (1884) 9 A lord aroos..and kneled hym doun before þe queen. 1595Daniel Civ. Wars ii. lxiii, He kneeles him downe euen at his entering. 1805Scott Last Minstr. vi. xxix, There they kneeled them down.
d. With impers. object: to kneel it.
1656S. H. Gold. Law 91 We beg and entreat, and bend also; yea and kneel it. |