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kowtow 音標拼音: [k'ɑʊt'ɑʊ] [k'ot'o] v. 叩頭;恭服;磕頭;阿諛;奉承 叩頭;恭服;磕頭;阿諛;奉承 kowtow n 1: a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission [ synonym: { kowtow}, { kotow}] v 1: bend the knees and bow in a servile manner [ synonym: { scrape}, { kowtow}, { genuflect}] 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; " He is always kowtowing to his boss" [ synonym: { fawn}, { toady}, { truckle}, { bootlick}, { kowtow}, { kotow}, { suck up}] Kotow \ Ko* tow"\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Kotowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Kotowing}.] 1. To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled { kowtow}. [ Also spelled { kowtow}.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously. [ PJC]
Kotow \ Ko* tow"\, n. [ Chinese, knock head.] Same as { kowtow}, the more common spellings. [ China] [ Also spelled { kowtow}.] -- S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster]
Kowtow \ Kow* tow"\, n. [ Chinese, knock head.] The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground; same as { Kotow}. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. [ China] [ Also spelled { kotow}.] -- S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster]
Kowtow \ Kow* tow"\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Kowtowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Kowtowing}.] To perform the kowtow. Same as { Kotow} [ 1913 Webster] I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. -- H. James. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously. Syn: kotow. [ PJC] 75 Moby Thesaurus words for " kowtow": apple- polish, bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bending the knee, bob, bob a curtsy, bob down, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow the head, bow to, bowing and scraping, brown- nose, butter up, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, dance attendance on, dipping the colors, do homage, do obeisance, duck, fall down before, fawn, flatter, genuflect, genuflection, grovel, homage, inclination, kneel, kneel to, kneeling, knuckle to, lick the dust, lickspittle, make a leg, make a reverence, make obeisance, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, pander to, pay court to, play up to, presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salutation, salute, scrape, servility, shine up to, squat, standing at attention, stoop, submission, submissiveness, suck up to, supination, toadeat, toady, truckle, truckle to
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