genuflection

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of genuflecting. countable,uncountable
    — Those impious Pigs, Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn The settled Swellfoot system, or to make Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt Into a loyal and an orthodox whine.

词形变化

genuflections plural genuflexion alternative

词源

Borrowed from Latin genuflexio, though with standardized spelling. By surface analysis, genuflect (“to bend the knee”) + -ion (Latinate abstract-noun suffix).
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