欧米惠必应词典

kowtow

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]
  • 美式音标 [kaʊˈtaʊ, ˈkaʊˌtaʊ]
  • 国际音标 [,kəu'tau]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vi. 叩头；卑躬屈膝
  • n. 叩头

同根派生

     

英汉例句

  • I refuse to kowtow to anyone.
    我决不屈从任何人.
  • Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
    对他要有礼貌, 但不要卑躬屈膝.
  • 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.
  • I refuse to kowtow to anyone.
    我决不屈从任何人.
  • Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
    对他要有礼貌, 但不要卑躬屈膝.

词组短语

    短语

  • KOWTOW - 叩头
  • Kowtow machine 磕头机
  • to kowtow 跪叩
  • Three kowtow 三叩头
  • kotow kowtow 是什么意思;磕头

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to show too much respect to someone in authority, always doing what you are told and changing what you do in order to please them

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you say that someone kowtows to someone else, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to obey or be polite to someone in authority.