kneel
verb[I]
uk/niːl/us/niːl/kneltorkneeled|kneltorkneeledB2
to go down into, orstayin, apositionwhere one or bothkneesare on theground:
跪(下)She knelt(down)beside thechild.她在孩子身旁跪下。
He knelt infrontof thealtarandprayed.他跪在圣坛前祈祷。
Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- foot
- pew
- plump(someone/something)down
- rampant
- reseat
- scooch
- seat
- stand around
- stand aside
- stand round
- stand up
- strike
- surface
- take a pew!idiom