genuflection

n. 曲膝, 屈服

词形变化

genuflections 复数 genuflections

别名

genuflexion

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of genuflecting.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

genuflexion

上位词 3

bow bowing obeisance

词源

Borrowed from Latin genuflexio, though with standardized spelling. By surface analysis, genuflect (“to bend the knee”) + -ion (Latinate abstract-noun suffix).

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