| 单词 |
genuflection |
| 释义 |
genuflexion, genuflection|dʒɛnjuːˈflɛkʃɛn|
[ad. med.L. genūflexiōn-em, n. of action f. genūflectĕre: see genuflect. Cf. F. genuflexion (Cotgr.).]
The action of kneeling or bending the knee, esp. in worship.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 237 b, With genufleccyons or knelynges..to aske the mercy of god. 1611J. Davis Panegyr. Verses in Coryat's Crudities, With cap in hand and lowly ‘genuflexion’. 1660Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον (1661) 51 He does not controvert the Genuflexion at the Supper of the Lord. 1741Warburton Div. Legat. II. 188 The very way the learned Author so much insists upon, namely genuflexion. 1820Scott Ivanhoe v, After many genuflections and muttered prayers. 1861Musgrave By-Roads 75 Our fast mare..nearly pitched me on to the splashboard..by a genuflection, which broke both her knees. 1884Catholic Dict. s.v., A double genuflexion—i.e. one on both knees—is made on entering or leaving a church, where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.
b. Surg. A forcible bending of the knee as a curative measure in popliteal aneurysm.
1870Holmes Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) III. 602 Before other severer measures are tried, genuflexion ought undoubtedly to be attempted. 1885Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., Forcible Genuflexion, the forcible bending of the knee-joint. |
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