genuflection
genuflections 是 genuflection 的复数形式，页面展示原形释义。
英 [ˌdʒen.juˈflek.ʃən]
美
[ˌdʒen.jəˈflek.ʃən]
- n. 曲膝；屈从
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英语词源
- genuflection (n.)
- "act of bending the knee," especially in worship, early 15c., from Middle French génuflexion (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin genuflectionem (nominative genuflexio) "bending of the knee," noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin genuflectere "genuflect," properly genu flectere "to bend the knee," from Latin genu "knee" (see knee (n.)) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible).