人体英语趣说之knee膝

knee 膝 People may go on their knees when admitting defeat and begging for mercy. They may bend the knee to someone to admit he is their master. These ideas are conveyed in Chinese in much the same way . When a person is badly frightened, his legs may tremble ，and his knees may knock together. Now we believe you have no difficulty in getting at the meaning of this sentence：“The criminal‘s knees were knocking together from fear.” 承认失败并恳求宽恕时，人们会屈膝跪地求饶。向别人屈膝或屈服于某人（to bend the knee to someone）就是承认他是主人，中文也以类似的方式表达这种意思。 当一个人异常害怕的时候，双腿就会打颤，因此双膝就会碰在一起，那么下面这一句的含义，相信你就不难理解“The criminal’s knees knocking together from fear （罪犯吓得双腿发抖）。