释义 |
kowtowkow‧tow /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/ verb [intransitive] informal kowtowOrigin: 1800-1900 Chinese ke tou ‘to hit your head’; because when you bow very low you hit your head on the floor VERB TABLEkowtow |
Present | I, you, we, they | kowtow | | he, she, it | kowtows | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | kowtowed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have kowtowed | | he, she, it | has kowtowed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had kowtowed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will kowtow | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have kowtowed |
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Present | I | am kowtowing | | he, she, it | is kowtowing | | you, we, they | are kowtowing | Past | I, he, she, it | was kowtowing | | you, we, they | were kowtowing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been kowtowing | | he, she, it | has been kowtowing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been kowtowing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be kowtowing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been kowtowing |
to be too eager to obey or be polite to someone in authoritykowtow to We will not kowtow to the government. |