英 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊ] 美 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]
vi. 叩头；卑躬屈膝
n. 叩头
第三人称单数kowtows
现在分词kowtowing
过去式kowtowed
过去分词kowtowed
kowtow /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/ TEM4 [ kowtowing kowtowed kowtows ]
不及物动词 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. 卑躬屈膝; 唯命是从
See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy.
瞧他们对上级唯命是从的样子是多么的愚蠢。
a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
同义词： kotow
由于他身上有很多的恶缘没有消掉，于是他求菩萨就不灵；如果他的恶缘越来越少了，他在观世音菩萨眼前磕头(Kowtow)，一求就灵了，你说明他是一个很干净的人，菩萨一看就会帮助了，对过错？
... 病名。指突然昏倒、手足逆冷等症〖befaint;fallintoacoma〗 磕头；触碰〖kowtow〗 短，缺〖beshortof〗 ...
kowtow(叩首), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
叩头；卑躬屈膝
During the Spring Festival, the young used to give a kowtow to the elders, but now they only give them best wishes.
以前过年的时候，年轻人要给长辈磕头，但现在他们只需要给长辈送上最好的祝福就可以了。
He's a brave man. I'm sure he will not kowtow to the enemy.
他是一个勇敢的人，我相信他不会向敌人卑躬屈膝的。
Some Chinese argue that, now their country is strong, it no longer needs to kowtow to American power.
一些中国人说，现在他们国家强大了，无需再对美国马首是瞻。
Brennan further displayed his eagerness to kowtow to Islamist demands in the fall of 2011.
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This forced the committee barons to kowtow, seeking rank-and-file votes to stay in power.