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单词 genuflector
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gen•u•flect /ˈdʒɛnyʊˌflɛkt/USA pronunciation   v. [no object]
  1. Religion, to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
gen•u•flec•tion /ˌdʒɛnyʊˈflɛkʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]See -flect-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gen•u•flect  ( jenyŏŏ flekt′),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
  2. to express a servile attitude.
  • Medieval Latin genūflectere to bend the knee, equivalent. to Latin genū-, stem of genu knee + flectere to bend
  • 1620–30
genu•flec′tor, n. 

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