genuflect
音標['d?enjuflekt] 讀音漢語翻譯
vi. 曲膝, 跪, 屈服
詞型變化：
名詞:genuflection 動詞過去式:genuflected 過去分詞:genuflected 現在分詞:genuflecting 第三人稱單數:genuflects英文解釋：
動詞 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
詳細解釋：
gen.u.flect
v.intr.（不及物動詞）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
來源：Late Latin genôflectere 後期拉丁語 genôflectere Latin genô [knee] * see genu- 拉丁語 genô [膝蓋] *參見 genu- Latin flectere [to bend] 拉丁語 flectere [彎曲]
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gen.uflec.tion
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