| 单词 | to owe a knee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto owe a knee c. As the part of the limb used in kneeling or bowing; to owe a knee, to owe reverence or adoration; with cap and knee: see cap n.1 4h. ΚΠ a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/2 I woulde neuer haue won the courtesye of mennes knees, with the losse of soo many heades. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 70 The more and lesse came in with cap and knee . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 57 What's this? your knees to me? To your Corrected Sonne? View more context for this quotation 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xiii I cannot but think that..the reed and knees of those mocking and blasphemous Jews were so many drops of that full cup. a1699 J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) 210 When they came to town they were so attended with salutations, caps, and knees. < as lemmas |
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