单词 | bow |
释义 | verb | noun | noun | verb bowbow1 /baʊ/ ●●○ verb 1[intransitive] to bend the top part of your body forward, in order to show respect for someone important or as a way of thanking an audience: Archer bowed and left the stage.bow before/to etc. We bowed before the king.2bow your head to bend your neck so that you are looking at the ground, especially because you want to show respect for God or because you are embarrassed or upset: I bowed my head and prayed. Jerry stood there with his head bowed in shame.3[intransitive, transitive] to bend your body over something, especially in order to see it more closely: bow over Dr. Harris is usually in the lab, bowed over a microscope.4bow and scrape to show too much respect to someone in authoritybow down phrasal verb1to bend forward from your waist, especially when you are already kneeling, in order to show respect: bow down before/to etc. Old women bowed down before the statue of Mary.2bow down to somebody literary to let someone give you orders or tell you what to dobow out phrasal verb1to stop taking part in an activity, job, etc., especially one that you have been doing for a long time: bow out of something Two more Republicans have bowed out of the presidential race.2to not do something that you have promised or agreed to do: Dreyfuss bowed out of the project at the last minute.bow to somebody/something phrasal verb to finally agree to do something that people want you to, even though you do not want to do it: He finally bowed to his parents’ wishes. The government has bowed to public pressure over tax increases. verb | noun | noun | verb bowbow2 /boʊ/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable] a knot of cloth or string with a curved part on each side, used especially for decoration: She wore her hair back in a bow (=pulled back and tied with a bow).2[countable] a weapon used for shooting arrows, made of a long thin piece of wood held in a curve by a tight string3[countable] eng. lang. arts a long thin piece of wood with tight strings fastened along it, used to play musical instruments that have strings, such as the violin4bow legs legs that curve out at the knee → see also bow-legged verb | noun | noun | verb bowbow3 /baʊ/ ●●○ noun 1[countable] the act of bending the top part of your body forward to show respect for someone2take a bow if someone takes a bow, he or she comes on the stage at the end of a performance and bows as people applaud3[countable] the front part of a ship verb | noun | noun | verb bowbow4 /boʊ/ verb 1[intransitive] to bend or curve2be bowed someone who is bowed is bent slightly, for example because he or she is old or tired from carrying something heavy3[intransitive, transitive] to play a piece of music on a musical instrument with a bow |
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