above the knee

基本解释

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.
这句话是梦露在1955年的电影《七年之痒》中的台词，当时她站在纽约市的一个地铁出风口上方，从地下吹来一股轻风将她的白裙掀起。
Skirts have been banned at a school because the head teacher said girls have repeatedly breached rules by wearing them above the knee.
英国一所学校禁止女生穿裙子，因为校长说女生们再三违反裙子要长及膝盖的规定。
Her dress is a full three inch above the knee.
她的连衣裙下摆离膝盖整整三英寸。