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单词 obeisance
释义
obeisanceo‧bei‧sance /əʊˈbeɪsəns $ oʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable] literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINobeisance
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French obeir; OBEY
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Alexei completed his obeisance, then sat up.
  • In the meantime, let's not forget that icons are not for passive obeisance.
  • Joseph saw Tran Van Hieu and his father make their obeisance gravely beside other high-ranking Annamese.
  • The grail itself was sin, none other than sin itself; what greater obeisance to Love itself than to part with all?
  • Victory is both a felicitous dip of the head and a glorious obeisance towards the changed life that will surely follow it.
  • Was she about to make some obeisance to it?
  • We all make obeisance to it.
  • When they are successful a bell rings and a mechanical buddha lights up and makes a creaky obeisance.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 They made obeisance to the sultan.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· Was she about to make some obeisance to it?· We all make obeisance to it.· When they are successful a bell rings and a mechanical buddha lights up and makes a creaky obeisance.· Joseph saw Tran Van Hieu and his father make their obeisance gravely beside other high-ranking Annamese.
respect and obedience to someone or something, often shown by bending your head or the upper part of your bodymake/pay obeisance (to somebody/something) They made obeisance to the sultan.
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