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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

bow

英  [baʊ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • bows

    1. [C 可数名词] 鞠躬

    A bow is when you briefly bend your body towards someone as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.

    双语例句

    例：

    I gave a theatrical bow and waved.

    我夸张地鞠了一躬，然后挥了挥手。

    2. [C 可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The waves were about five feet high now, and the bow of the boat was leaping up and down.

    浪头现在约有五英尺高，船头上下颠簸。

    3. [C 可数名词] 蝴蝶结

    A bow is a knot with two loops and two loose ends that is used in tying shoelaces and ribbons.

    双语例句

    例：

    Add a length of ribbon tied in a bow.

    加一段打成蝴蝶结的缎带。

    4. [C 可数名词] 弓

    A bow is a weapon for shooting arrows that consists of a long piece of curved wood with a string attached to both its ends.

    双语例句

    例：

    Some of the raiders were armed with bows and arrows.

    有些偷袭者配备了弓箭。

    5. [C 可数名词] 琴弓

    The bow of a violin or other stringed instrument is a long thin piece of wood with fibres stretched along it that you move across the strings of the instrument in order to play it.

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • bow out

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 退出

    If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it.

    近义词

    step down

    双语例句

    例：

    He had bowed out gracefully when his successor had been appointed.

    当他的继任者被任命时，他很有风度地退出了。

    VERB. 动词

  • bows , bowing , bowed

    1. [I 不及物动词] 鞠躬

    When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.

    双语例句

    例：

    They bowed low to Louis and hastened out of his way.

    他们向路易斯深深地鞠躬并迅速给他让路。

    2. [T 及物动词] 低下（头）

    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.

    近义词

    lower

    双语例句

    例：

    The Colonel bowed his head and whispered a prayer of thanksgiving.

    上校低下头，低声感恩祷告。

    3. [I 不及物动词] 屈从

    If you bow to pressure or to someone's wishes, you agree to do what they want you to do.

    近义词

    yield

    双语例句

    例：

    Some shops are bowing to consumer pressure and stocking organically grown vegetables.

    有些商店屈于消费者的压力，供应有机蔬菜。

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