Yahoo香港字典 搜尋

搜尋結果

1. Oxford Dictionary

   kowtow

   • IPA[ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]

   英式

   • v.
     act in an excessively subservient manner；kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom.
   • n.
     an act of kowtowing as part of Chinese custom.

   • verb: kowtow, 3rd person present: kowtows, gerund or present participle: kowtowing, past tense: kowtowed, past participle: kowtowed

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. act in an excessively subservient manner she didn't have to kowtow to a boss 同義詞 grovel, behave obsequiously, be obsequious, be servile, be sycophantic, ... 更多fawn on, bow and scrape, toady, truckle, abase oneself, humble oneself, prostrate oneself, curry favour with, flatter, court, woo, dance attendance on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with, informalcrawl, creep, suck up to, brown-nose, butter up, be all over, fall all over, lick someone's boots, smoodge to, archaicblandish
   • 2. historical kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom. 同義詞 prostrate oneself, bow, bow down before, genuflect, do/make obeisance, ... 更多fall on one's knees before, get down on one's knees before, kneel before, salaam, throw oneself at someone's feet, fall down before someone, curtsy, bow and scrape, pay homage, show reverence, show deference, humble oneself before someone, worship

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. historical an act of kowtowing as part of Chinese custom.