knee-deep

Describes being deeply involved in a situation or up to one's knees in something, often used literally or figuratively.

• 🇨🇳形容深陷于某种情况或活动中，或字面意义上水深及膝。常用于直接或比喻意义，表示程度很深或卷入很深的状况。

1. Submerged up to the knees B1 informal

   Reaching or covering the legs up to the knee, often used to describe being in water, mud, or snow.

   • We were knee-deep in mud after the hike.
   • The flood left the streets knee-deep in water.
   • He waded knee-deep into the river to fish.

   🇨🇳齐膝深

   同义词: knee-high

2. Deeply involved or overwhelmed B2 informal

   Completely occupied or overwhelmed by a situation, task, or problem.

   • She is knee-deep in work and can't take a break.
   • He found himself knee-deep in debt after the investment.
   • The team is knee-deep in preparations for the event.

   🇨🇳深陷其中

   同义词: absorbedburiedengrossedinundatedpreoccupied

• more knee-deep comparative form
• most knee-deep superlative form

An adverb (and adjective) meaning "up to the knees" or, more figuratively, "deeply involved or immersed in something." It is used both literally (e.g., standing in water) and metaphorically (e.g., being overwhelmed with work or a situation).

• 🇨🇳副词（也可作形容词），意为“齐膝深”或“深陷其中”，既用于字面义（如水没到膝盖），也用于比喻义（如深陷于工作或某种处境）。

1. Up to the knees B1 informal

   Reaching or extending to the level of the knees, often used to describe immersion in a substance.

   • We waded knee-deep through the muddy water.
   • The snow was knee-deep after the blizzard.
   • He stood knee-deep in the river while fishing.

   🇨🇳齐膝深

   同义词: knee-high

• more knee-deep comparative form
• most knee-deep superlative form