kowtower

/kou-tou, -tou, koh-/US // ˈkaʊˈtaʊ, -ˌtaʊ, ˈkoʊ- //UK // (ˌkaʊˈtaʊ) //

叩头塔,磕头塔,叩头,叩头台

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
- : to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom.

n.名词 noun

as inbrownnoser

Synonyms

And, of course, all these people had to kowtow and sell to Saatchi.
If President Obama wants to kowtow more to "the markets" (Wall Street), he might appoint someone like Summers or Rubin.
He likes to remind people that he supports abortion rights and does not kowtow to the fire-breathers in the Republican ranks.
At certain points, the legislative kowtow went over the top.
Make the flag of the free so well known and respected that everywhere peopled kowtow to the same and take off their hats.
After a great deal of kowtow, they were planted in two chairs opposite each other in the living-room.
As he declined to kowtow before the emperor, he was not admitted to the imperial presence and the mission proved 199 abortive.
To the emperor, the “kowtow” is performed by kneeling three times, each act accompanied by touching the ground with the forehead.
And yet he did not move—he made no movement save to kowtow for mercy with his head.

/kou-tou, -tou, koh-/US // ˈkaʊˈtaʊ, -ˌtaʊ, ˈkoʊ- //UK // (ˌkaʊˈtaʊ) //

叩头塔,磕头塔,叩头,叩头台

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
- : to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom.

n.名词 noun

as inbrownnoser

Synonyms

And, of course, all these people had to kowtow and sell to Saatchi.
If President Obama wants to kowtow more to "the markets" (Wall Street), he might appoint someone like Summers or Rubin.
He likes to remind people that he supports abortion rights and does not kowtow to the fire-breathers in the Republican ranks.
At certain points, the legislative kowtow went over the top.
Make the flag of the free so well known and respected that everywhere peopled kowtow to the same and take off their hats.
After a great deal of kowtow, they were planted in two chairs opposite each other in the living-room.
As he declined to kowtow before the emperor, he was not admitted to the imperial presence and the mission proved 199 abortive.
To the emperor, the “kowtow” is performed by kneeling three times, each act accompanied by touching the ground with the forehead.
And yet he did not move—he made no movement save to kowtow for mercy with his head.