| 单词 | kotow |
| 例句 | After you've worked ten years over books with your own name on them, you'll be received and kotowed to by people who wouldn't crook a finger to know me. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z You should hear him cuss after he's been kotowing to some British celebrity—and given him the best of all he's got—and put him up at the good clubs. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z He is to fall upon his knees at a word of command, and kotow with intermittent sequence to a great variety of persons, until his knees are stiff and his legs lame. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Lord Amherst was even subjected to personal indignity and insult for refusing to perform the kotow or prostration before the Emperor. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade Ah! how honest Allan smirks and smiles, and becks and bows, with a backbone that will never be as supple in kotowing to anyone else. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series The princess bent her brow In a truly celestial bow, Saluted her father with filial grace, and made him the grand kotow. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales He kotowed several times on the way out of the parlour, conscious, however, of the searching eyes of the man who had balked him. The Pagan Madonna Now, nobody ever kotows to us at home. A Gentleman's Gentleman 1909 Even in the midst of a mess like this we'll have to kotow to his rank or he'll probably be reporting us. The U-boat hunters D' ye think I care if you want to kneel and kotow like other idiots? The Madigans "I can't see why I should kotow to him, or what further harm he can do," said the candidate, but he deferred to Bowers's judgment. The Henchman “Come to the parlour,” she said to Ling Foo, who was smiling and kotowing. The Pagan Madonna The smile returned to her face, and her body bent in a kind of kotow. Parrot & Co. Yes; but the curse of a priest who believes in different gods, who kotows before a painted idol! The Adventures of Kathlyn How the fools kotowed and simpered while I looked over their jewels and speculated upon how much I could get for them! The Voice in the Fog In view of the surprise, laughter, and criticism of Europe, the Emperor modified his demand for the "kotow" to its symbolic performance by three deep bows. William of Germany And here we are again, all kotowing to the Golden Calf! The Pagan Madonna Mr. Baker, who was clerk of the crown, and Mr. Brown, who was clerk of the Parliament, kotowed to Lord David. The Man Who Laughs Kathlyn was there, somewhere among these kotowing women; but there was nothing by which he could recognize her. The Adventures of Kathlyn What a craning of necks, what a kotowing! The Voice in the Fog Why not seek to soften the hearts of his captors by a kotow as profound as it was novel; why not stand on his head? Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition On roadside and street toddling images meet, And smirk and kotow in a way that is sweet; Their obis are tied with particular pride, Their silken kimonos hang scant to the feet. Ponkapog Papers The great gates were thrown open and there in the gateway the female members of the family knelt and kotowed as the chair passed by. Court Life in China In thus kotowing he was only getting in line with the citizens of most of the other effete monarchies of Europe. The Under Dog Then the commissioners wanted to know if he would wear the Chinese dress, if all the powers would have only one minister, and if he would make the kotow? China She felt that he was praising her, too, and blushed; certainly she had done all she could with his intractable friends, and had made a special point of kotowing to the men. Howards End From the date of his landing at Tientsin, he was persistently told that unless he agreed to perform the kotow, he could not possibly be permitted to an audience. China and the Manchus Later we ladies were invited into the room, where the Chinese all kotowed. Court Life in China They both kotowed as they switched off to the baggage-room, the Ring Master bowing even lower than my roommate. The Under Dog Its name is not unfamiliar even to persons in England who have never visited China, and whose ideas about the country are limited to a confused jumble of pigtails, birds'-nest soup, and the kotow. Historic China, and other sketches |
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