英語(yǔ)解釋

genuflect

音標(biāo)['d?enjuflekt]

genuflect是什么意思、genuflect怎么讀

genuflect漢語(yǔ)翻譯

vi. 曲膝, 跪, 屈服

genuflect詞型變化

名詞:genuflection 動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式:genuflected 過(guò)去分詞:genuflected 現(xiàn)在分詞:genuflecting 第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):genuflects

genuflect英語(yǔ)解釋

動(dòng)詞 genuflect:

bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
同義詞：scrape, kowtow

genuflect詳細(xì)解釋

gen.u.flect

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
gen.u.flect.ed,gen.u.flect.ing,gen.u.flects
To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship.
屈單膝：屈膝或一膝著地以示敬慕
To be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel.
屈膝服從：奴顏卑膝地尊敬或服從；卑躬屈膝

來(lái)源：
Late Latin genôflectere
后期拉丁語(yǔ) genôflectere
Latin genô [knee] * see genu-
拉丁語(yǔ) genô [膝蓋] *參見(jiàn) genu-
Latin flectere [to bend]
拉丁語(yǔ) flectere [彎曲]

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