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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 knee /ˈni/
 膝,膝蓋(vt.)膝行,用膝蓋碰

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 knee /ˈnɪ/ 名詞
 膝,膝狀物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Knee v. t. To supplicate by kneeling. [Obs.]
 Fall down, and knee
 The way into his mercy.   --Shak
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Knee n.
 1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
 2. Anat. (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg. (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
 3. Mech. & Shipbuilding A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
 4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
    Give them title, knee, and approbation.   --Shak.
 Knee breeches. See under Breeches.
 Knee holly, Knee holm Bot., butcher's broom.
 Knee joint. See in the Vocabulary.
 Knee timber, timber with knees or angles in it.
 Knee tribute, or Knee worship, tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. [Obs.] Knee tribute yet unpaid.”

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 knee
      n 1: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula
           with the femur and protected in front by the patella
           [syn: knee joint, articulatio genus, genu]
      2: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped;
         corresponds to the human knee [syn: stifle]
      3: cloth covering consisting of the part of a trouser leg that
         covers the knee