genuflection怎么读
音标:[,dʒenju(:)'flekʃən]
genuflection是什么意思
- n. 曲膝;屈从
genuflection的词态变化
动词: genuflect;
英文词源
- genuflection (n.)
- "act of bending the knee," especially in worship, early 15c., from Middle French génuflexion (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin genuflectionem (nominative genuflexio) "bending of the knee," noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin genuflectere "genuflect," properly genu flectere "to bend the knee," from Latin genu "knee" (see knee (n.)) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible).
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