英语词汇“make obeisance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. Frequently in to do (also make, pay) obeisance (to).

a. Homage or submission to a person in authority; deference towards an acknowledged superior; respectfulness of manner or bearing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectfulness of manner or bearing

obeisancec1390

obeishinga1425

obeyancec1450

obeisancy1827

c1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 902) viii. 3021* (MED) Ben we alle wel beholde To do service and obeyssaunce To him [sc. Christ].

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 2281 (MED) To you, Cupide and Venus bothe, With al myn hertes obeissance I preie.

c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 93 This straunge knyght..Salueth kyng and queene and lordes alle By ordre as they seten in the halle With so heigh reuerence and obeisaunce As wel in speche as in contenaunce.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1375 Of thy feyned trouthe..With thyn obeysaunce and humble cheere.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 168 (MED) The kyng lowly with deuout obeysaunce Prayde thou woldyst in thyn Orysouns Haue hym dayly in thy remembraunce.

a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 141 (MED) Mercy me graunt off þat I me compleyne, to ȝow my lyfis soueraigne plesaunz; And ese ȝour seruaunt of the importabyl peyne þat I suffre in ȝour obeysaunz.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 870 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 122 Quhom yai ressaif with reuerens And bowsome obeysance.

c1530 Court of Love 46 Love arted me to do myn observaunce To his astate, and doon him obeysaunce.

1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 19 Vouchsafe me that honour, as to present the most humble and devotionall Obeisance of a dying servant to her Majesty.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 277 After Obesience on their severall approches to the Throne.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 167. ⁋3 A Throne to which conquered Nations yielded Obeysance.

1796 E. Inchbald Nature & Art I. xi. 62 He walked into the room, not with a dictated obeisance, but with a hurrying step.

1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders IV. 220 The spiritual dignitaries, who in those days vailed not their bonnets to created thing, bestowed on the King..their blessing instead of obeisance.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 150 There was not a farmer's grey-beard between the Lothians and the Solway filled with spirit that had done obeisance to King George.

1928 P. Neilson Matabele at Home ii. 38 It had become customary for many of the Matabele to go to the Umlimo's cave..at regular intervals, and there to make obeisance by presenting the Umlimo with cattle and beer.

1987 J. Franklin Molecules of Mind (1988) xix. 253 In the jungle we paid obeisance to the alpha male of our group, accepting his desires as law.

b. Homage or deferential acknowledgement given to a thing, quality, idea, etc.Now often regarded as figurative from sense 3.

ΚΠ

1608 R. Johnson Hist. Seuen Champions Christendome (new ed.) i. 106 Her wonted beautie (to whose excellent fairenesse, all the Ladyes in the world did sometimes yeeld obeysance) was now stayned.

1681 A. Radcliffe Ovid Travestie (ed. 2) 112 At last I spake, and bow'd in seemly wise, And paid obeysance to your sparkling Eyes.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 164 The eye must do obeisance to the window, and discourse submit to sensation.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. i. ii. 31 Edgar referred the matter to Indiana, to whose already exquisite beauty his juvenile admiration paid its most early obeisance.

1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. v. l. 222 He..can level himself with the narrowest and most illiberal of his race, to pay coward obeisance to appearances!

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables iii. 62 Hepzibah had unconsciously flattered herself with the idea that there would be a gleam or halo..about her person, which would insure an obeisance to her sterling gentility.

1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (1868) i. 6 He [sc. John the Baptist] did obeisance to the royalty of inward happiness.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 129/2 While still paying a dutiful obeisance to the Woodrovian doctrine of ‘neutrality’, he began his active propaganda for American participation.

1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 317/2 By status obeisance we refer to the value placed on authority for its own sake.

1995 T. Parks Ital. Educ. 179 Maestra Elena arrives, dressed to the nines.., the same sort of obvious obeisance to the big occasion as is suggested in the neat geometry of fresh turf.

3. An act or gesture expressing submission or deferential respect, usually a bending or prostration of the body; a respectful salutation; a bow or curtsy. Frequently in to make (an, one's) obeisance. Now chiefly literary and archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey

crookc1330

beckc1375

obediencec1390

obeisancea1393

reverencec1400

inclinationa1425

courtesy1508

curtsy1513

honour1531

leg1548

duck1554

beisance1556

jouk1567

congee1577

crouch1597

humblesso1599

inclinabo1607

salaam1613

dop1616

scrape1628

bowa1656

visit-leg1673

couchee1691

dip1792

bob1825

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 2197 (MED) Ate laste he gan to loute And obeissance unto hire make, As he that wolde his leve take.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1268 This Troyan..can so wel don alle his obeysaunces And wayten hire at festes and at daunces.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. i They approched to theyr kynge for to make obeyssaunce vnto hym.

a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 186 A gentleman that brought the cuppe, in making obeysance, the couer fell to the ground.

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 169 As the Lyon passed by the wilde beasts through the desert, they made theyr obeisance to him as King of beasts, only the Elephant bowed not his knee, bicause hee could not.

1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. F4 Dorastus and Fawnia with humble obeysance saluted his maiestie.

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 30 He lowted low With prone obeysance.

1640 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 124 He made a low Obeysance.

c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 69 They shewed us the wearing of ye pavement with ye obeisance of his votarys.

1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iii. 94 The Herald made three obeissances.

1777 J. Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (1784) I. ii. xi. 409 The person who is to pay obeisance, squats down before the Chief, and bows the head to the sole of his foot;..having tapped, or touched it with the under and upper side of the fingers of both hands, he rises up, and retires.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii^*. 81 The deepness of his obeisance.

1888 H. James Aspern Papers vi. 122 As I made my obeisance to the old lady I asked her if she would kindly permit me to see her again.

1907 T. B. Aldrich Judith of Bethulîa in Poems i. ii. 423 Judith approaches the Patriarchs with her hands crossed upon her bosom, and makes low obeisance.

1966 A. Higgins Langrishe, go Down xvii. 132 He took away the Missal, making a profound obeisance before the altar.

1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 41 His voice dropped a tone; he adopted a plummy smile and made a half-bow, half-curtsey, a sort of unisex obeisance.

单词	make obeisance
释义	> as lemmas to do (also make, pay) obeisance (to) 2. Frequently in to do (also make, pay) obeisance (to). a. Homage or submission to a person in authority; deference towards an acknowledged superior; respectfulness of manner or bearing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectfulness of manner or bearing obeisancec1390 obeishinga1425 obeyancec1450 obeisancy1827 c1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 902) viii. 3021* (MED) Ben we alle wel beholde To do service and obeyssaunce To him [sc. Christ]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 2281 (MED) To you, Cupide and Venus bothe, With al myn hertes obeissance I preie. c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 93 This straunge knyght..Salueth kyng and queene and lordes alle By ordre as they seten in the halle With so heigh reuerence and obeisaunce As wel in speche as in contenaunce. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1375 Of thy feyned trouthe..With thyn obeysaunce and humble cheere. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 168 (MED) The kyng lowly with deuout obeysaunce Prayde thou woldyst in thyn Orysouns Haue hym dayly in thy remembraunce. a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 141 (MED) Mercy me graunt off þat I me compleyne, to ȝow my lyfis soueraigne plesaunz; And ese ȝour seruaunt of the importabyl peyne þat I suffre in ȝour obeysaunz. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 870 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 122 Quhom yai ressaif with reuerens And bowsome obeysance. c1530 Court of Love 46 Love arted me to do myn observaunce To his astate, and doon him obeysaunce. 1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 19 Vouchsafe me that honour, as to present the most humble and devotionall Obeisance of a dying servant to her Majesty. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 277 After Obesience on their severall approches to the Throne. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 167. ⁋3 A Throne to which conquered Nations yielded Obeysance. 1796 E. Inchbald Nature & Art I. xi. 62 He walked into the room, not with a dictated obeisance, but with a hurrying step. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders IV. 220 The spiritual dignitaries, who in those days vailed not their bonnets to created thing, bestowed on the King..their blessing instead of obeisance. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 150 There was not a farmer's grey-beard between the Lothians and the Solway filled with spirit that had done obeisance to King George. 1928 P. Neilson Matabele at Home ii. 38 It had become customary for many of the Matabele to go to the Umlimo's cave..at regular intervals, and there to make obeisance by presenting the Umlimo with cattle and beer. 1987 J. Franklin Molecules of Mind (1988) xix. 253 In the jungle we paid obeisance to the alpha male of our group, accepting his desires as law. b. Homage or deferential acknowledgement given to a thing, quality, idea, etc.Now often regarded as figurative from sense 3. ΚΠ 1608 R. Johnson Hist. Seuen Champions Christendome (new ed.) i. 106 Her wonted beautie (to whose excellent fairenesse, all the Ladyes in the world did sometimes yeeld obeysance) was now stayned. 1681 A. Radcliffe Ovid Travestie (ed. 2) 112 At last I spake, and bow'd in seemly wise, And paid obeysance to your sparkling Eyes. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 164 The eye must do obeisance to the window, and discourse submit to sensation. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. i. ii. 31 Edgar referred the matter to Indiana, to whose already exquisite beauty his juvenile admiration paid its most early obeisance. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. v. l. 222 He..can level himself with the narrowest and most illiberal of his race, to pay coward obeisance to appearances! 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables iii. 62 Hepzibah had unconsciously flattered herself with the idea that there would be a gleam or halo..about her person, which would insure an obeisance to her sterling gentility. 1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (1868) i. 6 He [sc. John the Baptist] did obeisance to the royalty of inward happiness. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 129/2 While still paying a dutiful obeisance to the Woodrovian doctrine of ‘neutrality’, he began his active propaganda for American participation. 1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 317/2 By status obeisance we refer to the value placed on authority for its own sake. 1995 T. Parks Ital. Educ. 179 Maestra Elena arrives, dressed to the nines.., the same sort of obvious obeisance to the big occasion as is suggested in the neat geometry of fresh turf. extracted from obeisancen. to make (an, one's) obeisance 3. An act or gesture expressing submission or deferential respect, usually a bending or prostration of the body; a respectful salutation; a bow or curtsy. Frequently in to make (an, one's) obeisance. Now chiefly literary and archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey crookc1330 beckc1375 obediencec1390 obeisancea1393 reverencec1400 inclinationa1425 courtesy1508 curtsy1513 honour1531 leg1548 duck1554 beisance1556 jouk1567 congee1577 crouch1597 humblesso1599 inclinabo1607 salaam1613 dop1616 scrape1628 bowa1656 visit-leg1673 couchee1691 dip1792 bob1825 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 2197 (MED) Ate laste he gan to loute And obeissance unto hire make, As he that wolde his leve take. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1268 This Troyan..can so wel don alle his obeysaunces And wayten hire at festes and at daunces. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. i They approched to theyr kynge for to make obeyssaunce vnto hym. a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 186 A gentleman that brought the cuppe, in making obeysance, the couer fell to the ground. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 169 As the Lyon passed by the wilde beasts through the desert, they made theyr obeisance to him as King of beasts, only the Elephant bowed not his knee, bicause hee could not. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. F4 Dorastus and Fawnia with humble obeysance saluted his maiestie. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 30 He lowted low With prone obeysance. 1640 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 124 He made a low Obeysance. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 69 They shewed us the wearing of ye pavement with ye obeisance of his votarys. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iii. 94 The Herald made three obeissances. 1777 J. Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (1784) I. ii. xi. 409 The person who is to pay obeisance, squats down before the Chief, and bows the head to the sole of his foot;..having tapped, or touched it with the under and upper side of the fingers of both hands, he rises up, and retires. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii^. 81 The deepness of his obeisance. 1888 H. James Aspern Papers* vi. 122 As I made my obeisance to the old lady I asked her if she would kindly permit me to see her again. 1907 T. B. Aldrich Judith of Bethulîa in Poems i. ii. 423 Judith approaches the Patriarchs with her hands crossed upon her bosom, and makes low obeisance. 1966 A. Higgins Langrishe, go Down xvii. 132 He took away the Missal, making a profound obeisance before the altar. 1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 41 His voice dropped a tone; he adopted a plummy smile and made a half-bow, half-curtsey, a sort of unisex obeisance. extracted from obeisancen. < as lemmas
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