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kotow

/ˌkoʊˈtaʊ/

翻译: 指古代中国叩头礼,即跪拜时以额头触地,表示尊敬或臣服。也用来比喻卑躬屈膝、谄媚奉承。, 动词,指卑躬屈膝、奴颜婢膝地讨好;也指磕头或下跪以示尊敬或臣服,尤指在中国语境中。

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词语关系

noun

/ˌkoʊˈtaʊ/C1formal
  • zh指古代中国叩头礼,即跪拜时以额头触地,表示尊敬或臣服。也用来比喻卑躬屈膝、谄媚奉承。

A noun referring to a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission.

  1. Traditional Chinese gesture of respectC1formal

    A former Chinese custom of kneeling and touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of deep respect, submission, or worship.

    zh传统中国敬礼手势

    • The ambassador performed the kotow before the emperor.
    • In ancient China, the kotow was a required ritual for courtiers.
    • The kotow was a gesture of ultimate deference and loyalty.

    同义词bowgenuflectionobeisanceprostration

词形
  • kotows plural form
  • kotows' possessive plural form
  • kotow's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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verb

/ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/C2formal
  • zh动词,指卑躬屈膝、奴颜婢膝地讨好;也指磕头或下跪以示尊敬或臣服,尤指在中国语境中。

A verb meaning to act in a submissive or servile manner; to bow or kneel in respect or submission, especially in a Chinese context.

  1. Act obsequiouslyC1informal

    To try to gain favor by acting in a submissive or flattering way.

    zh卑躬屈膝

    • He always kotows to his boss to get a promotion.
    • She kotowed to the committee in hopes of winning their approval.
    • They kotow to anyone with power or influence.

    同义词bootlickcringefawngrovelkowtowsuck uptoadytruckle

    反义词commanddominate

词形
  • kotowed past participle
  • kowtowed past participle
  • kotowed past simple
  • kowtowed past simple
  • kotowing present participle
  • kowtowing present participle
  • kotows third person singular
  • kowtows third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

继承条款

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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所有列出的许可证均适用

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.