Betekenis van het woord kowtow in het Nederlands
Wat betekent kowtow in het Engels? Ontdek de betekenis, uitspraak en specifiek gebruik van dit woord met Lingoland
kowtow
US /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/
UK /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/
Werkwoord
1.
knielen
to show respect by going down into a position where your knees are on the floor and then bending your body forward so that your head touches the ground, in a way used especially in the past in China :
Voorbeeld:
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As part of the wedding ceremony, we kowtowed to my parents and to my fiancé's parents.
Zelfstandig Naamwoord
1.
knielen
the action of going down into a position where your knees are on the floor and then bending your body forward so that your head touches the ground, used to show respect especially in the past in China :
Voorbeeld:
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Kowtows were made to the images of the ancestors.
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