perform a kotow to sb
指中国旧时的一种跪拜礼，额头触地以示尊敬或臣服；to 后接受礼的对象。
The officials performed a kotow to the emperor.
官员们向皇帝叩头。
<汉>磕头(头着地的大礼)
a former Chinese custom of kneeling and touching the forehead to the ground as a sign of respect or submission
叩头；磕头
a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
The diplomat performed a deep kotow before the ancient emperor as a sign of absolute submission.
这位外交官在古老皇帝面前深深地磕了一个头，以示绝对臣服。
用法提示：此处 kotow 作为名词，指磕头的礼仪动作
In historical reenactments, actors practice the formal kotow to ensure authenticity.
在历史重演中，演员们练习正式的磕头礼节以确保真实性。
用法提示：此处 kotow 作为名词，指具体的磕头仪式
The museum displayed a painting of a courtier offering a kotow to the throne.
博物馆展示了一幅画，画中一位朝臣正在向王座行磕头礼。
用法提示：此处 kotow 作为名词，表示磕头这一行为或仪式
指中国旧时的一种跪拜礼，额头触地以示尊敬或臣服；to 后接受礼的对象。
The officials performed a kotow to the emperor.
官员们向皇帝叩头。
before 后接行礼时所面对的人或物，如君王、神像、牌位。
The envoys made a kotow before the throne.
使节们在御座前叩头。
with a kotow 作方式状语，说明以何种礼节完成致意、迎接等动作。
He greeted the old master with a kotow.
他向老师傅叩头行礼。
grammar · medium
易错句子He made kotow to the emperor.
正确表达He made a kotow to the emperor.
kotow 是可数名词，单数形式不能裸用；汉语名词常不需要冠词，但英语可数名词单数前必须加限定词，这里用不定冠词 a 表示“一次叩头”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The officials performed a kotow for the emperor.
正确表达The officials performed a kotow to the emperor.
表示“向某人叩头”时，kotow 后接介词 to 引出对象；for 表示目的或受益者，不能替代表示对象的 to。
bow 泛指鞠躬、低头或弯腰，身体不一定触地；kotow 是名词，特指前额触地的旧式跪拜礼。
genuflect 是动词，常指宗教场合屈一膝行礼；kotow 是名词，指前额触地的叩头礼，动作和词性都不同。
prostrate 多作动词，强调全身伏地，常与 oneself 连用；kotow 是名词，专指前额触地的旧式叩头礼。
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