obeisance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əʊˈbeɪ.səns/|/əˈbeɪ.səns/    美 /oʊˈbeɪ.səns/|/oʊˈbiː.səns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude. countable,uncountable
    — In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; / Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
  2. An obedient attitude. countable,uncountable

词形变化

obeisances plural obeisaunce alternative obeissance alternative abaisance alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
non-obeisance
相关词
kiss someone's ring

词源

From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle of obeïr (“to obey”), from Latin oboediō, obēdiō; ob- (“to, for”) + audiō (“to hear”). Cognate with obedience.
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