kowtow 音标拼音: [k'ɑʊt'ɑʊ] [k'ot'o]
v . 叩头;恭服;磕头;阿谀;奉承
叩头;恭服;磕头;阿谀;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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