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
來自古法語homage,對領(lǐng)主的效忠，來自拉丁語homo,人，詞源同human.原指中世紀時下屬或封臣對領(lǐng)主的效忠儀式，即“我是你的人”，該詞與fealty的區(qū)別在于，homage為對單一領(lǐng)主的效忠，而fealty可以是對不同領(lǐng)主的忠誠。
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).
雙語例句
- 1. The kings of France paid homage to no one.
- 法國國王不對任何人效忠。
來自《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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.
- 我們對莎士比亞的天才表示敬仰.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. They bowed in homage to the Unknown Soldiers.
- 他們向無名烈士墓鞠躬致敬.
來自《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王向他宣誓效忠。
來自柯林斯例句