英语词汇“kneel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINkneel

Origin:

Old English cneowlian

VERB TABLE

kneel

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	kneel
	he, she, it	kneels
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	knelt, kneeled (AmE)
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have knelt, kneeled (AmE)
	he, she, it	has knelt, kneeled (AmE)
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had knelt, kneeled (AmE)
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will kneel
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have knelt, kneeled (AmE)

Continuous Form
Present	I	am kneeling
	he, she, it	is kneeling
	you, we, they	are kneeling
Past	I, he, she, it	was kneeling
	you, we, they	were kneeling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been kneeling
	he, she, it	has been kneeling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been kneeling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be kneeling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been kneeling

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

An old woman was kneeling at the altar, her hands clasping a rosary.
Grandpa knelt down and lifted the little girl into his arms.
He told them to kneel, then began to say a prayer.
You'll need to bring a small mat to kneel on.

Longman Language Activatorto sit with your legs in a particular position► kneel

also kneel down to be or move into a position in which your knees are on the floor and your body is upright: · He told them to kneel, then began to say a prayer.· Grandpa knelt down and lifted the little girl into his arms.· An old woman was kneeling at the altar, her hands clasping a rosary.· You'll need to bring a small mat to kneel on.

► sit cross-legged

to sit on the ground or floor with your knees bent and your feet crossed in front of you: · Several children sat cross-legged on the floor in front of her.· They were sitting on the bed cross-legged and giggling.

► squat

also squat down to put your body into a position in which your feet are flat on the ground, your knees are bent up to your chest, and your bottom is off the ground, or to move into this position: · A little boy was squatting at the edge of the pool.· People squatted around the fire in small groups· He squatted down beside me and offered me a cigarette.

► sit astride

to sit on something or someone, with one leg on each side: · He sat astride a motorcycle.· He pinned her to the ground by her shoulders, sitting astride her so that she couldn't move.

► straddle

to sit on someone or something with one leg on each side, especially when you have to stretch a long way to do this: · He sat facing her, straddling the small wooden chair.· I looked up to see her straddling one of the huge branches of the oak tree.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a sitting/kneeling/standing position

· The priest rose from his kneeling position by the bed.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► down

· He stepped gingerly into the Five Lions River, knelt down, and splashed icy water all over himself.· Of course, and she knelt down to cut off a sizable chunk of venison.· Then he went quiet and knelt down by the redhead.· After a bit, she knelt down, opened the door of the heater, and lighted a fire.· It was cold in the bedroom and she had shivered and kneeling down he had plugged in a small electric fire.· And then sometimes I kneel down to help you with your work.· He had a plastic bag in his pocket and he knelt down in the grass and scooped it up.· Kathy crossed the porch, knelt down beside him, pressed the palm of her hand against his forehead.

► on

· To continue, just lay a plank to kneel on, so that you don't disturb the last rows of bricks.· He sat on a chair that was embroidered, like the thing you knelt on in church.

► over

· I looked back at the rabbit, then got up and knelt over it.

► there

· For a second or two Ben knelt there in front of him threateningly, his whole body tensed as if to act.· He knelt there, completely attentive, and she never moved.· As she knelt there, water soaking into her furs, it seemed to her that the masks were singing to her.· He was cold to the bone and his clothes were wet through, but still he knelt there, waiting.· His knees ached as he knelt there for hours.

NOUN► bed

· Then he kneels near the bed, the cigarette smoke filtering up into his eyes.· He knelt by my bed, watching me until I became aware of the sound of his harsh breathing.· I knelt beside her bed and draped an arm around her waist.· Sam knelt beside his bed and felt underneath as far as he could reach.· She pushed down the quilt and knelt on the bed.· I knelt beside the bed and listened to him breathe.

► body

· He would sit or kneel until his body ached, picking and stroking in his efforts to please her.· We made our way gingerly along this route, and I knelt by the body.· A priest ran out into the road and knelt beside a body which had shined the street red.· Before he knew what he was doing, Dougal had scrambled into the gazebo and was kneeling beside the body.· He was kneeling by the body, examining its wounds.

► floor

· The dark man was also on the floor, kneeling.

► front

· She saw herself, kneeling in front of the anvil.· I knelt in front of her and she took my hands, smiling.· An elderly woman came and knelt in front of Maryvonne and bowed so low that her forehead seemed to touch the tatami.

► ground

· Running on, I saw a dim shape kneeling on the ground a few yards ahead of me.· He pushed aside a woman kneeling on the stony ground.· Outside the door we were made to kneel on the ground.· He was made to kneel down on the ground, his head over the grate.· He was kneeling on the dusty ground.

► head

· But in the prayers, although she knelt and bowed her head, her attention was on the people in the church.· Adam knelt behind her head and started to massage her shoulders.· As he knelt by its head he cursed the men on either side who could have been responsible for such a war.· He kneels by my head, grinning.· At once both prisoners were made forcibly to kneel and lower their heads.· Mary was kneeling with her head and shoulders inside the dark cave of a box-bed.· Then he knelt and thrust his head into the water, its coldness bringing a shout to his lips.

► knee

· She knelt between his knees looking small and vulnerable: her lips pouting provocatively, her eyes full of feminine promise.· One man knelt on one knee behind the body while his friend moved around looking for the best angle for a snapshot.· Repeat the exercise, this time kneeling on your right knee, and exercising the left leg.· The rest stood round in groups or knelt on half-bald knees stained by the grass.· She knelt on her knees, as Mandy had explained, resting her haunches against the wooden seat.

► man

· The four men were forced to kneel at the edge of it with their hands bound tightly behind them.· As George took them gently he saw a man kneeling on the floor, fiddling with large lenses and a camera.· Instead, a burnt man kneels near a puddle, quietly brooding.· I feel embarrassed, now that I let adult men kneel before me and shine my shoes.· One man knelt on one knee behind the body while his friend moved around looking for the best angle for a snapshot.· Then, toward the front, on the gospel side, he saw a man kneeling in a pew.

► prayer

· You are here to kneel Where prayer has been valid.· His sweatshirt hood, steeply pitched overhead: a lone monk kneeling at prayer at a partially disinterred altar.· Many of the godly liked to portray themselves and their families kneeling in prayer on their tombs.· Kopyion was kneeling as if in prayer.

► woman

· He pushed aside a woman kneeling on the stony ground.· An elderly woman came and knelt in front of Maryvonne and bowed so low that her forehead seemed to touch the tatami.· He looked down at the woman kneeling by his side and felt his chest tighten with his love for her.