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

verb | noun

kowtowkowtow1 /ˈkaʊtaʊ/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYkowtow¹

Origin: 1800-1900 Chinese ke tou to hit your head; because when you bow very low you hit your head on the floor

VERB TABLE

kowtow

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	kowtow
	he, she, it	kowtows
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	kowtowed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have kowtowed
	he, she, it	has kowtowed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had kowtowed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will kowtow
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have kowtowed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am kowtowing
	he, she, it	is kowtowing
	you, we, they	are kowtowing
Past	I, he, she, it	was kowtowing
	you, we, they	were kowtowing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been kowtowing
	he, she, it	has been kowtowing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been kowtowing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be kowtowing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been kowtowing

1disapproving to be too eager to obey or be polite to someone who has more power than you or who has something you want: kowtow to Members of Congress shouldn’t be kowtowing to special interest groups.2to perform a kowtow [Origin: 1800–1900 Chinese ke tou to hit your head; because when you bow very low you hit your head on the floor]