bow
鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身
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Definitions
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- : 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.
- 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.
- 1
- : an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.
- 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.