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Knee-length means long enough, or tall enough, to reach the knees. We say it about clothes, and sometimes about boots or socks: a knee-length skirt, knee-length shorts, a knee-length coat. It tells you where the thing stops on the body — at the knee, not at the ankle and not at the hip.
Knee-length Knee-length means長度足以 long enough, or tall enough, to reach the knees長到或高到及膝蓋。We say it about clothes我們會用在衣服上,and sometimes about boots or socks有時也用在靴子或襪子上:a knee-length skirt及膝裙、knee-length shorts及膝短褲、a knee-length coat及膝大衣。It它 tells you where the thing stops on the body告訴你這東西在身上到哪裡結束——at the knee在膝蓋,not at the ankle and not at the hip不是腳踝,也不是臀部。
Though actually, “reach the knees” is a little loose: a knee-length skirt usually sits at or just below the knee, and fashion people argue about the exact line.
Though actually不過其實,"reach the knees" is a little loose「及膝」這個說法有點鬆散:a knee-length skirt usually sits at or just below the knee及膝裙通常落在膝蓋或膝蓋以下一點,and而 fashion people argue about the exact line時尚圈的人會爭論精確的位置。
We do not say “a knee-length child”; we save it for things that hang down. For grass, knee-high is more common than knee-length.
We我們 do not say "a knee-length child"不會說「a knee-length child」;we save it for things that hang down這個字是留給會垂下來的東西用的。For grass講到草 knee-high is more common than knee-lengthknee-high比knee-length更常用。
It is a plain, useful describing word.
It它 is a plain, useful describing word是個平實好用的形容詞。
組成knee + length: as long as (down to) the knee.
同家族的字
- kneethe joint that marks how long the thing is
- ankle-lengththe same pattern, but down to the ankle
- waist-lengththe same pattern, for hair or clothes that reach the waist
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
knee-lengthadj
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Reaching to the knee.
- Jane stood out in a trendy top, matching mini skirt and black knee-length socks.
- The principal made her change out of a knee-length skirt she wore to school into a pair of sweatpants.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。