kowtow

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of kowtowing. intransitive
    — Three elders dressed in their long silk ceremonial gowns perform the kowtow before the altar in their clan ancestral hall.
动词 v.
  1. To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground. historical,intransitive
    — When the weather turned cold, the tears that he shed would become frozen like veins; the blood on his forehead from kowtowing would also freeze and would not drip.
  2. To grovel, act in a very submissive manner; to show obeisance to (someone or something) in such a manner; to bow. figuratively,intransitive
    — I suppose you're going to be nice to Odie and kowtow to Jon and lick the mailman's boots! I don't like you already.
  3. To bow very deeply. intransitive

词形变化

kowtows present,singular,third-person kowtowing participle,present kowtowed participle,past kowtowed past kotoo alternative,obsolete kotow alternative kow-tow alternative kowtows plural kotoo alternative,obsolete kotow alternative kow-tow alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
kowtower kowtowing

词源

词源 1
From either Cantonese 叩頭 /叩头 (kau³ tau⁴) or Mandarin 叩頭 /叩头 (kòutóu). Literally, “knock head”.
词源 2
From either Cantonese 叩頭 /叩头 (kau³ tau⁴) or Mandarin 叩頭 /叩头 (kòutóu). Literally, “knock head”.
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