| 单词 | homage |
| 释义 | homage /hom"ij, om"-/, n. 1. respect or reverence paid or rendered: In his speech he paid homage to Washington and Jefferson. 2. the formal public acknowledgment by which a feudal tenant or vassal declared himself to be the man or vassal of his lord, owing him fealty and service. 3. the relation thus established of a vassal to his lord. 4. something done or given in acknowledgment or consideration of the worth of another: a Festschrift presented as an homage to a great teacher. [1250-1300; ME (h)omage < OF, equiv. to (h)ome man ( < L hominem, acc. of homo; see HOMO) + -age -AGE] Syn. 1. deference, obeisance; honor, tribute. 3. fidelity, loyalty, devotion. Ant. 1. irreverence. 3. disloyalty. |
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