kneeとは

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: nē, IPA^(key): /niː/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ni/
• 韻: -iː
• Homophone: nee

名詞

knee (plural knees or (廃れた用法 または dialectal) kneen)

1. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

   Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.

2. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
3. The part of a garment that covers the knee.
4. (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
   • 1980, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41

     Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them.

5. (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
   • circa 1605, William Shakepeare, Timon of Athens, Act III, scene iii, line 36

     Give them title, knee, and approbation.

   To make a knee.

6. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point.
7. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.

派生語

動詞

knee (三人称単数 現在形 knees, 現在分詞 kneeing, 過去形および過去分詞形 kneed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To kneel to.
   • 1605: I could as well be brought / To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg / To keep base life afoot. — William Shakespeare, King Lear II.ii
2. (transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.

アナグラム

• Enke, Keen, keen, kene, kène, neek