above the knee

基本解釋

The words were uttered by Marilyn Monroe in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch as she stood above a New York subway grate and gusts of subterranean air lifted her white dress well above the knee.
這句話是夢露在1955年的電影《七年之癢》中的臺詞，當時她站在紐約市的一個地鐵出風(fēng)口上方，從地下吹來一股輕風(fēng)將她的白裙掀起。
Skirts have been banned at a school because the head teacher said girls have repeatedly breached rules by wearing them above the knee.
英國一所學(xué)校禁止女生穿裙子，因為校長說女生們再三違反裙子要長及膝蓋的規(guī)定。
Her dress is a full three inch above the knee.
她的連衣裙下擺離膝蓋整整三英寸。