bow是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to bend your head or body forward, especially as a way of showing someone respect or expressing thanks to people who have watched you perform -- （使）鞠躬；（使）欠身；點頭致意

  • They bowed to the Queen. 他們向女王鞠躬。

  • We bowed our heads in prayer. 我們俯首禱告。

  • He bowed down (= very low) before (= in front of) the king and begged for mercy. 他向國王深深鞠躬乞求寬恕。

• 1 the movement of bending your head or body forward, especially as a way of showing someone respect or expressing thanks to people who have watched you perform -- 鞠躬；欠身；點頭致意

  • The audience applauded enthusiastically, and she came back on stage to take another bow. 觀衆熱烈地鼓掌，她又回到舞臺上再次向觀衆鞠躬致謝。

• 2 the front part of a ship -- 船頭，艦首

• 3 a knot with two curved parts and two loose ends, used as a decoration or to tie shoes -- 蝴蝶結；環狀裝飾結

  • I tied the ribbon around the present in a pretty bow. 我用絲帶在包裹上打了一個漂亮的蝴蝶結。

• 4 a weapon for shooting arrows, made of a long, thin piece of wood bent into a curve by a tightly stretched string -- 弓

  • bow and arrows 弓箭

• 5 a long, thin piece of wood with hair from the tail of a horse stretched along it, used to play musical instruments that have strings -- （弦樂器的）弓，琴弓

  • Violins are played with bows. 小提琴是用琴弓演奏的。