[mass noun]special honour or respect shown publicly 特殊的敬意,特别的尊重 they paid homage to the local boy who became President. 他们特别尊重那位成为总统的当地男孩。 [count noun]Daniel's films were a homage to her. 丹尼尔的电影都表达了对她的特殊敬意。 ■(formal)public acknowledgement of feudal allegiance (正式)宣誓效忠 a man doing homage to his personal lord. 一个向他的主人宣誓效忠的人。
语源
Middle English: Old French, from medieval Latin hominaticum, from Latin homo, homin- 'man' (the original use of the word denoted the ceremony by which a vassal declared himself to be his lord's ‘man’)