knee-deep

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Reaching up to the knees.

   “High above stood the ash-tree, its boughs covered with the toy-like bunches called "locks and keys;" and beyond spread the meadows, knee-deep with the verdant grass.”

2. sıfat Submerged to the knees.

   “This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding.”

3. sıfat Deeply involved (in something) or preoccupied (with something).

   “By the time Tracey arrived, Kayla was working on her second cup of café mocha and knee-deep in paperwork.”