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kotow n. 叩头[头着地的大礼] 叩头[头着地的大礼] kotow n 1: a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission [synonym: {kowtow}, {kotow}] v 1: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [synonym: {fawn}, {toady}, {truckle}, {bootlick}, {kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}] Kotow \Ko*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kotowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kotowing}.] 1. To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled {kowtow}. [Also spelled {kowtow}.] [1913 Webster] 2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously. [PJC] Kotow \Ko*tow"\, n. [Chinese, knock head.] Same as {kowtow}, the more common spellings. [China] [Also spelled {kowtow}.] --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster] Kowtow \Kow*tow"\, n. [Chinese, knock head.] The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground; same as {Kotow}. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China] [Also spelled {kotow}.] --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]
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