homage
/ˈhɒmɪdʒ/noun
mass noun
1- 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
他们向后来成为总统的那位同乡青年表示敬意
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。
1.1
- 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。
词源
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').