homage
英 ['h?m?d?]
美['hɑm?d?]
- n. 敬意；尊敬；效忠
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home+age??家里年長(zhǎng)的人受尊敬
1. "allegiance or respect for one's feudal lord," from homme "man," from Latin homo (genitive hominis) "man"
2. homicide => homage.
1. "allegiance or respect for one's feudal lord," from homme "man," from Latin homo (genitive hominis) "man"
2. homicide => homage.
中文詞源
homage 敬辭
來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)homage,對(duì)領(lǐng)主的效忠，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)homo,人，詞源同human.原指中世紀(jì)時(shí)下屬或封臣對(duì)領(lǐng)主的效忠儀式，即“我是你的人”，該詞與fealty的區(qū)別在于，homage為對(duì)單一領(lǐng)主的效忠，而fealty可以是對(duì)不同領(lǐng)主的忠誠(chéng)。
英文詞源
- homage (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French homage (12c., Modern French hommage) "allegiance or respect for one's feudal lord," from homme "man," from Latin homo (genitive hominis) "man" (see homunculus). Figurative sense of "reverence, honor shown" is from late 14c. As a verb, from 1590s (agent noun homager is from c. 1400).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The kings of France paid homage to no one.
- 法國(guó)國(guó)王不對(duì)任何人效忠。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Homage was paid to the great sages buried in the city.
- 向安葬在此城市的圣哲們表示敬意.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.
- 我們對(duì)莎士比亞的天才表示敬仰.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. They bowed in homage to the Unknown Soldiers.
- 他們向無(wú)名烈士墓鞠躬致敬.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. At his coronation he received the homage of kings from Wales, Northumbria and Scotland.
- 在他的加冕典禮上，威爾士、諾森布里亞和蘇格蘭的國(guó)王向他宣誓效忠。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句