Homage is something you do to show that you respect a person, a piece of work, or an idea you think matters. The usual phrase is pay homage to: a film may pay homage to an older director by copying a famous shot; a speech may pay homage to a teacher.

Homage homage(致敬) is something you do是你做的某件事，to show that you respect a person, a piece of work, or an idea you think matters用來表示你尊敬某個人、某件作品、或你認為重要的某個理念。The usual phrase常見的說法 is pay homage to是pay homage to(向……致敬)：a film may pay homage to an older director一部電影可能會向某位前輩導演致敬 by copying a famous shot方法是複製一個著名的鏡頭；a speech may pay homage to a teacher一場演講可能會向一位老師致敬。

It is a fairly formal word — in ordinary talk people more often say respect or tribute — but writers and film people use it a lot.

It它 is a fairly formal word是個相當正式的詞——in ordinary talk在日常對話裡 people more often say respect or tribute人們比較常說respect(尊敬)或tribute(致敬)——but而 writers and film people use it a lot作家和電影圈的人卻很常用它。

Though actually, the older meaning was stricter: in the Middle Ages, homage was the public promise a vassal made to his lord, kneeling and becoming “his man.” That is why the word sits on Latin homo, “a man.” You still meet that sense in history books.

Though actually不過事實上，the older meaning was stricter較早的意思更嚴格：in the Middle Ages在中世紀，homage was the public promise a vassal made to his lordhomage是封臣對領主做出的公開誓約，kneeling and becoming “his man.”方式是下跪，成為「他的人」。That is why the word sits on Latin homo, “a man.”這也是為什麼這個字源自拉丁文homo，也就是「人」。You still meet that sense in history books你在歷史書裡還會遇到這個意思。

One more messy bit: some Americans say it like the French word hommage (a soft oh-MAHZH, and they drop the h), because the two words mean almost the same thing. The usual English is HOM-ij, with a sounded h.

One more messy bit還有一個比較混亂的地方：some Americans say it like the French word hommage有些美國人會把它唸得像法文的hommage(a soft oh-MAHZH, and they drop the h)（輕柔的oh-MAHZH，而且不發h音），because the two words mean almost the same thing因為這兩個詞意思幾乎一樣。The usual English一般的英語唸法 is HOM-ij, with a sounded h是HOM-ij，h音要唸出來。