| 单词 | to knock head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock head b. †to knock heads with: to congregate thickly or associate closely with (obsolete). to knock one's head against: to strike with one's head; figurative to hurt oneself by coming into collision with resisting facts or conditions; to knock head = to kowtow v. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb] to knock heads with1530 wella1693 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > come up against opposition from to run up againsta1758 to run afoul of1822 to knock one's head against1824 buck1904 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] fawnc1325 crouch1528 jouk1573 crawl1576 creep1581 spaniel1599 grovel1605 spanielize1641 cringec1660 to lick the ground1667 truckle1680 to kiss (a person's) arse, behind, bum1705 toad-eat1766 snool1786 to eat (any one's) toads1788 kowtow1826 sidle1828 toady1861 to knock head1876 ass-lick1937 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 599/2 I knocked my heed agaynst the poste. ?1615 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) Ep. Ded. Our patrician loves, That knock heads with the herd. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §17 In danger of knocking their heads against the Stars. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV xci. 50 I always knock my head against some angle About the present, past, or future state. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 350 I hear him a-knockin' his head again the lath and plaster now. 1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. xcii. 497/1 The ambassador who refused to ‘knock-head’. 1901 N.E.D. at Knock Mod. An angular man—always knocking his head against stone walls. < as lemmas |
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