Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - kowtow
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Kowtow
kowtow
also kow-tow (kowtows, kowtowing, kowtowed) 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. (INFORMAL) See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy. VERB: V to n, also V c darkgreen]disapproval
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I. noun Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) koutou, from kou to knock + tou head Date: 1804 an act of ~ing II. intransitive verb Date: 1826 1. to show obsequious deference ; fawn ~s to the boss 2. to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in token of homage, worship, or deep respect ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. (also kotow) hist. --n. the Chinese custom of kneeling and touching the ground with the forehead in worship or submission. --v.intr. 1 perform the kowtow. 2 (usu. foll. by to) act obsequiously. Etymology: Chin. ketou f. ke knock + tou head ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. кит. низкий поклон, поклон до земли 2. кит. выражение подобострастия 3. кит. низко кланяться, делать низкий поклон (касаясь головой земли) 4. кит. раболепствовать to kowtow to smb. —- раболепствовать перед кем-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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chin. 1. noun 1) низкий поклон 2) выражение подобострастия 2. v. 1) делать низкий поклон (касаясь головой земли) (to) All the servants had to kowtow to the king when he entered the room. 2) раболепствовать (to) The natives keep in favour by kowtowing to the governing officials. Should a politician kowtow to the voters in order to win their votes? ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1804, from Chinese k'o-t'ou custom of touching the ground with the forehead to show respect or submission, lit. "knock the head," from ke "knock, bump" + tou "head." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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