knee-deep

adj

• ① 深可及膝的,淹没到膝部的
  • He stood knee-deep in the grass.他站在深可没膝的草中。
  • The snow lay knee-deep.积雪深可没膝。
  • The water is knee-deep.那水深可及膝。
  • He was knee-deep in water.他在深可及膝的水中。

• ② 深陷的<in>
  • He was knee-deep in debt.他深陷于债务中。