homage

homage
[ˈhɒmɪdʒ]
noun
  1. [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
  1. 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’)
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