congee

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒndʒi/    美 /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly) countable,uncountable
  2. A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat. uncountable,usually
    — In a past life in Fuzhou, it represented some reality other than the one of daily congee and pickled turnips, cabbage and boiled rip soup.
  3. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):; Formal permission to leave; a passport. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  4. Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — So courteous conge both did giue and take, With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.
  5. Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  6. A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar. Scotland,countable,obsolete,uncountable
  7. A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].
动词 v.
  1. To give congee, (particularly); To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss. archaic,obsolete,transitive
  2. To give congee, (particularly); To give formal permission to do something; to license. archaic,obsolete,transitive
  3. To take congee: to leave ceremoniously. archaic
  4. To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something. archaic

词形变化

congees plural conge alternative congé alternative congees present,singular,third-person congeeing participle,present congeed participle,past congeed past conge alternative congé alternative congees plural conjee alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
give congee take congee

词源

词源 1
From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“to go and come”), from con- + meō (“to go, to pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé.
词源 2
From Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci) or another Dravidian language such as Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) (ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kañci), possibly via Portuguese canje.
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