1VERB 鞠躬,欠身(打招呼或表示恭敬) When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect. 鞠躬,欠身(打招呼或表示恭敬)
They bowed low to Louis and hastened out of his way. [VERB + to]
2VERB 低(头);俯(首) If you bow your head, you bend it downwards so that you are looking towards the ground, for example because you want to show respect or because you are thinking deeply about something. 低(头);俯(首)
The Colonel bowed his head and whispered a prayer of thanksgiving. [VERB noun]
这位上校低头轻声做感恩祈祷。
She stood still, head bowed, hands clasped in front of her. [VERB-ed]
她一动不动地站着,低着头,双手紧扣在胸前。
3VERB 向(压力或他人的意愿)让步;屈从于;屈服于 If you bow to pressure or to someone's wishes, you agree to do what they want you to do. 向(压力或他人的意愿)让步;屈从于;屈服于
Some shops are bowing to consumer pressure and stocking organically grown vegetables. [VERB + to]
一些商店迫于顾客的压力,开始供应有机蔬菜。
Parliament has bowed to the demand for a referendum next year. [VERBto noun]
议会在人们的要求下已同意在明年举行全民公投。
4V-PASSIVE 使沮丧;使不安;使无望 If you are bowed by something, you are made unhappy and anxious by it, and lose hope. 使沮丧;使不安;使无望
...their determination not to be bowed in the face of the allied attacks. [beVERB-ed]
他们绝不在联合攻击面前丧失斗志的坚定决心
To be bowed down means the same as to be bowed .be bowed down同be bowed
I am bowed down by my sins.
我为自己的罪孽感到不安。
5PHRASE [VERB inflects](为形势所迫)低头,屈服 If someone bows to the inevitable and does something that they do not want to do, they do it, because circumstances force them to do it. (为形势所迫)低头,屈服
He bowed to the inevitable and announced that he was willing to resume diplomatic relations.
迫于形势他只好宣称愿意恢复外交关系。
6PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect](演员或表演者向观众)鞠躬致意 If an actor or entertainer takes a bow, he or she shows appreciation of an audience's applause by bowing to them. (演员或表演者向观众)鞠躬致意
They ran to the center of the tent to take their bows.
N-COUNT 船首;船头 The front part of a ship is called the bow or the bows. The plural bows can be used to refer either to one or to more than one of these parts. 船首;船头
The waves were about five feet now, and the bow of the boat was leaping up and down.
那时浪高大约有5英尺,船头在上下颠簸。
...the sight of that magnificent ship lit up from bow to stern.
2N-COUNT 弓 A bow is a weapon for shooting arrows which consists of a long piece of curved wood with a string attached to both its ends. 弓
Some of the raiders were armed with bows and arrows.
其中一些袭击者身背弓箭。
SYN longbow, crossbow
3N-COUNT (小提琴等弦乐器的)弓,琴弓 The bow of a violin or other stringed instrument is a long thin piece of wood with fibres stretched along it, which you move across the strings of the instrument in order to play it. (小提琴等弦乐器的)弓,琴弓
1act of bowing鞠躬ADJECTIVE | VERB + BOW | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deep, low深深的一鞠躬▸➤little, slight, small微微鞠躬▸➤formal, stiff正式的鞠躬;拘謹的鞠躬VERB + BOW➤give, make鞠躬◇He gave a formal bow and left the room.他正式地鞠了個躬就離開了房間。➤take (used about a performer用於指表演者)鞠躬謝幕◇The song ended and Albert took a bow.一曲結束,艾伯特鞠躬謝幕。◇The boss takes his final bow (= is retiring) today. (figurative) 老闆今天退休。PREPOSITION➤bow to對⋯鞠躬◇He made a deep bow to the king.他向國王深鞠一躬。bow1
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2front part of a ship船首ADJECTIVE | VERB + BOW | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤port, starboard船頭左舷/右舷◇There's a small boat on the port bow.船頭左舷處有一艘小船。VERB + BOW➤cross從船首前穿過◇A whale crossed our bows. (BrE) 一條鯨從我們的船頭前穿過。◇A whale crossed our bow. (NAmE) 一條鯨從我們的船頭前穿過。PREPOSITION➤across the, our, etc. bow, across the, our, etc. bows (BrE) 從船頭前穿過◇They fired a shot across our bow / bows.他們開了一槍,子彈掠過我們的船頭。➤in the bow, in the bows (BrE) 在船頭◇We left two men in the bow to receive the cargo.我們留了兩個人在船頭接收貨物。➤off the, our, etc. bow船頭外◇100 yards off our bow離我們船頭 100 碼➤on the, our, etc. bow在船頭上◇The ship's name was printed on her bow.這艘船的名字印在船頭上。➤over the, our, etc. bow, over the, our, etc. bows (both BrE) 船頭上方◇There were huge waves breaking over the bows.巨浪拍打着船頭。bow2
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤deeply, low深深地鞠躬◇He swept off his hat and bowed deeply.他摘下帽子,深深地鞠了一躬。➤slightly微微鞠躬➤quickly迅速鞠躬▸➤politely, respectfully禮貌地/恭敬地鞠躬➤gracefully優雅地鞠躬▸➤down鞠躬PREPOSITION➤before在⋯前鞠躬◇The Emperor's subjects bowed down before him.臣民在皇帝面前躬身行禮。➤to給⋯鞠躬◇The pianist stood up and bowed to the audience.鋼琴家站起來向觀眾鞠躬。bow3
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1knot with two loops蝴蝶結ADJECTIVE | VERB + BOWADJECTIVE➤neat整齊的蝴蝶結▸➤double雙蝴蝶結VERB + BOW➤tie (sth into)(用某物)打蝴蝶結◇Can you tie a bow?你會打蝴蝶結嗎?◇She tied the ribbon into a neat bow.她用絲帶打了一個整齊的蝴蝶結。bow3
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2weapon for shooting arrows(射箭用的)弓VERB + BOW | PHRASESVERB + BOW➤be armed with, carry, have, hold佩帶弓;攜帶弓▸➤aim, draw, raise用弓瞄準;拉弓;舉起弓◇She drew and aimed her bow.她拉開弓瞄準。➤shoot拉弓射箭▸➤lower放下弓PHRASES➤a bow and arrow一副弓箭