congee

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

congeescongecongéconjee

1.
(countable, uncountable)Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
2.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
4.
(Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
5.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
6.
(uncountable, usually)(Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

congees

V_ing/Gerund

congeeing

V_ed/pp

congeedconge

1.
(archaic) To give congee, (particularly)
2.
(archaic)To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
3.
(archaic)To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.

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Đồng nghĩa

rice porridgerice congeeporridgezhoujookjuk

Cùng gốc / liên quan

give congeetake congeecanjaPortuguese canja

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Nguồn gốc từ

From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern congé), from Latin commeātus (passage, permission to leave), from commeō (to go and come), from con- + meō (to go, to pass). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in congé.