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单词 congé
释义 con·gé
\kōⁿzhā, ˈkänˌjā\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Old French congié — more at congee
1.
 a. : a formal permission to depart (as from one in authority)
  < you've got your congé, and my blessing on ye — George Meredith >
 b. [French, from Old French congié] : dismissal
  < she was given her congé with a good deal less in the way of salary than she was entitled to — Susan Ertz >
  < he got by way of congé a punch in the nose >
2. : a ceremonious bow made as a sign of recognition or at taking one's leave
 < shuffling forward with a hundred apish congés — Sir Walter Scott >
3. : leave-taking, farewell
 < we may as well make out congés here … as under the porter's nose — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
 < the departing spirit saying his congé dimmer and fainter as he leaves our stupidities behind — Christopher Morley >
4. [French, from Old French congié] architecture : a molding of concave quarter-round profile tangent to a vertical surface and followed by a fillet parallel to that surface — see molding illustration
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