資料來源 : pyDict
敬禮,鞠躬,頓首
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Obeisance \O*bei"sance\, n. [F. ob['e]issance obedience, fr.
ob['e]issant. See {Obey}, and cf. {Obedience}, {Abaisance}.]
1. Obedience. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference
or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. --1
Kings i. 16.
資料來源 : WordNet®
obeisance
n 1: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
submission or shame [syn: {bow}, {bowing}]
2: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with
respect to another person [syn: {obedience}] [ant: {disobedience}]