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/niːl/
To go down so that your knees are on the ground and your body is resting on them, or to already be in that position.
跪；跪下
過去式 kneltkneeled過去分詞 kneltkneeled-ing kneeling三單 kneels
核心畫面
A picture that works well here: the body folding at the knees until the knees touch the floor and take the weight. Everything about the word sits in that one movement downward, and in staying there.
身體在膝蓋處折下去，膝蓋碰到地面，然後由膝蓋撐住整個人的重量。這個字要說的就是這一個往下的動作——以及停在那裡不動的…更多收起
身體在膝蓋處折下去，膝蓋碰到地面，然後由膝蓋撐住整個人的重量。這個字要說的就是這一個往下的動作——以及停在那裡不動的狀態。中文的「跪」剛好完全對上：既是跪下去那一下，也是跪著的那段時間。英文用同一個字 kneel 涵蓋兩邊，看句子怎麼講才知道是哪一種：He knelt down 是動作，He was kneeling by the bed 是姿勢。原始詞典資料4 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。
kneelverb/niːl/
- 1
To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
- When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
- 2
To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter.
- 3
To cause to kneel.
- She knelt the doll to fit it into the box.
- Raising the girl with unexpected strength, she bore her towards the chapel, the firesparks flickered in her eyes, as she knelt her burden against the altar step.
- 4
archaicTo rest on (one's) knees.
- He knelt him down to pray.
- Just when the damsel kneeled herself to pray.
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。