congee

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Определение congee в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Formal departure, ceremonial leave-taking

So courteous conge both did giue and take, / With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.

Water which has been used to boil rice, sometimes used in Asian food as a creamy, starchy ingredient

A bow

My daughter Rebecca, so please your Grace,” answered Isaac, with a low congee, nothing embarrassed by the Prince’s salutation, in which, however, there was at least as much mockery as courtesy.

{v} to take leave of, bow, retire, go off

{n} a bow, reverence, leave

a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast perform a ceremonious bow depart after obtaining formal permission; "He has congeed with the King

Boiled rice; rice gruel

See Congé, Conge

A jail; a lockup

Связанные Термины

rice congee

A porridge made by cooking rice in water for a long time. Often referred to simply as congee

Расстановка переносов

con·gee

Этимология

[ 'kän-(")jE, -(")zhE ] (noun.) 14th century. From Old French congié (modern congé), from commeatus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeare ‘go and come’, from con- + meare ‘go, pass’.

Времена

congeeing, congeed