knee-deep
- IPA[ˌniːˈdiːp]
英式
- submerged to or reaching as high as the knees;having more than one needs or wants of something
- so as to reach or submerge the knees
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. submerged to or reaching as high as the knees the water was knee-deep on Main Street we were knee-deep in snow
- ▪ having more than one needs or wants of something we shall soon be knee-deep in conflicting legal views
副詞
- 1. so as to reach or submerge the knees I plodded knee-deep through the mud
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˌnēˈdēp]
美式
- submerged to or reaching as high as the knees: the water was knee-deep on Main Street we were knee-deep in snow
- so as to reach or submerge the knees: I plodded knee-deep through the mud
Oxford American Dictionary