kneehighとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From knee +‎ high (adjective).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌniːˈhaɪ/
• (General American) IPA: (adjective) /ˌniˈhaɪ/, (noun) /ˈniˌhaɪ/
• 韻: -aɪ, -iːhaɪ

形容詞

knee-high (not comparable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee,‎ high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.

   Coordinate terms: chest-high, waist-high, waist-deep, ankle-high, ankle-deep

   Near-synonym: knee-deep

   knee-high by the Fourth of July

   The corn is knee-high.

2. (figurative) Very young.
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 207:

     John Fred Gourrier had been listening to Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, and the Spiders since he was knee-high.

派生語

• knee-high blackberry
• knee-high by the Fourth of July
• knee-high to a grasshopper

名詞

knee-high (plural knee-highs)

1. (US, usually in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to just below the knees.

   Synonym: (UK) pop sock

   Coordinate terms: ankle-high, thigh-high

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