记忆方法
将“kowtow”分解记忆：想象“k”代表一个跪下的人，“ow”像是手掌拍地的声音，“tow”则像是一个向下的动作。整体联想就是一个人跪下并且拍手向地面，这个动作常常用来表示恭敬或屈服。通过这样的动作联想，可以帮助记忆“kowtow”这个单词的意思。
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词族 · kowtow
中文词源
kowtow 叩头，磕头
来自汉语。
英语词源
- kowtow
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kowtow: [19] The approved Chinese method of signifying respect for the emperor or other august personages was to prostrate oneself so that one’s forehead touched the ground. This was expressed in Mandarin Chinese by the term ke tóu (ke means ‘knock, bump’ and tóu ‘head’). English took the word over in the early 19th century and spelled it in various experimental ways (koo-too, ka-tou, kotow, etc) before settling on kowtow in the early 20th century.
The first writer on record as using the word in the metaphorical sense ‘defer servilely’ was Benjamin Disraeli in his Vivian Grey 1826: ‘The Marqess kotooed like a first-rate Mandarin, and vowed “that her will was his conduct”.’
- kowtow (n.)
- also kow-tow, 1804, from Chinese k'o-t'ou custom of touching the ground with the forehead to show respect or submission, literally "knock the head," from k'o "knock, bump" + t'ou "head." The verb in the figurative sense of "act in an obsequious manner" is from 1826. Related: Kowtowed; kowtowing.
权威例句
- 1. I refuse to kowtow to anyone.
- 我决不屈从任何人.
- 2. Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
- 对他要有礼貌, 但不要卑躬屈膝.
- 3. I'm not going to kowtow to a mere nobody like him.
- 我不想给他这样的无名小卒磕头.
- 4. The person of Home Chen hellcat kowtow, beg her a heart.
- 陈家的人都围著巫婆磕头, 求她发发慈悲.
- 5. Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
- 要有礼貌, 但不要对他卑躬屈节.