genuflect

动词 genuflect:

1. bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
2. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
   同义词：scrape, kowtow

gen.u.flect

v.intr.（不及物动词）
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.
屈单膝：屈膝或一膝着地以示敬慕
To be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel.
屈膝服从：奴颜卑膝地尊敬或服从；卑躬屈膝

来源：
Late Latin genôflectere
后期拉丁语 genôflectere
Latin genô [knee] * see genu-
拉丁语 genô [膝盖] *参见 genu-
Latin flectere [to bend]
拉丁语 flectere [弯曲]

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