genuflect

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʊ.flɛkt/    美 /ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʊ.flɛkt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To bend the knee, as in servitude. archaic,intransitive
  2. To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship. intransitive
    — At high Mass the deacon and subdeacon stand on either side, genuflect too, and answer.
  3. To behave in a servile manner; to grovel. figuratively,intransitive
    — Certainly, the megalomaniacs who aim to populate municipal fixtures with registered-trademark logos will expect cities to genuflect at every turn.

词形变化

genuflects present,singular,third-person genuflecting participle,present genuflected participle,past genuflected past

词汇关系

衍生词
genuflective
相关词
genuflection genuflector

词源

PIE word
*ǵónu
From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“to bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).
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