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bow

/bou/US // baʊ //UK // (baʊ) //

鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
    • : to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable.
    • : to bend or curve downward; stoop: the pines bowed low.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to bend or incline in worship, submission, respect, civility, agreement, etc.: He bowed his head to the crowd.
    • : to cause to submit; subdue; crush.
    • : to cause to stoop or incline: Age had bowed his head.
    • : to express by a bow: to bow one's thanks.
    • : to usher with a bow: They were bowed in by the footman.
    • : to cause to bend; make curved or crooked.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.
  1. 1
    • : bow out, to resign a position or withdraw from a job, competition, obligation, etc.: He bowed out after two terms as governor.

Phrases

  • bow and scrape
  • bowl of cherries, life is just a
  • bowl over
  • bow out
  • take a bow
  • two strings to one's bow

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • That has at times meant bowing to political pressure from global leaders.

  • In 2017, Los Angeles was awarded the 2028 Games, the same day Paris was chosen as the 2024 host, after several countries bowed out of the process early.

  • After seating himself toward the bow, with me facing him, he takes hold of the oars and starts rowing.

  • Others blame the Australian government for bowing to the protectionist interests of media cronies such as Rupert Murdoch, and putting tech companies in an absurd position.

  • Their heads, bent by gravity, appear bowed in reverence toward one another.

  • Creepy thing to wrap up in festive paper and a bow and give to a newborn baby, yeah?

  • Well, the only way Dexter could have been tied up in a bow was if the last episode would have been the last episode of Season 4.

  • The way it was executed was maybe not satisfying to people, and it was in no way tied up in a bow.

  • An older bro wore a red bow tie and a yarmulke emblazoned with the “TEAM MITCH” logo as he stared down at his smartphone intently.

  • Bop had produced self-conscious artists who refused to bow to conventional assumptions of what was entertaining.

  • He would fear what he did not understand, and he would bow down and pay homage to what he feared.

  • And with another bow the man from Paris drew himself erect, turned on his heel, and went jingling and creaking from the room.

  • To the invitation to precede him she readily responded, and, with a bow to the Seneschal, she began to walk across the apartment.

  • And thou didst bow thyself to women: and by thy body thou wast brought under subjection.

  • A primitive savage makes a bow and arrow in a day: it takes him a fortnight to make a bark canoe.